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Composers of the Week: Widor and Vieme

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

4: Travels and Troubles
Both Widor and Vierne delighted in capturing scenes from life outside busy Paris. But a series of personal tragedies made life increasingly tortured for Vierne. Richard Langham Smith finds out how this darker sentiment pervaded his music.
Widor Chansons de mer
Anne-Marie Rodde
(soprano)
Noël Lee (piano)
Vierne Suite bourgignonne (excerpts)
Olivier Gardon (piano) Spleens et détresses
(excerpts)
Yva Barthelemy (soprano) French Radio Orchestra, conductor Georges Tzipine Cello Sonata (Molto largamento)
Yvan Choffoleau (cello) Olivier Gardon (piano) Feux follets; Hymne au soleil (Pieces de fantaisie) Olivier Latry (organ)

Contributors

Soprano:
Anne-Marie Rodde
Soprano:
Yva Barthelemy
Conductor:
Georges Tzipine
Cello:
Yvan Choffoleau
Source: Radio Times

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