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Composer of the Week: Jerome Kern: Show Boat

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Presented by Adrian Edwards.

Excerpts from the musical generally regarded as Kern's masterpiece, including Paul Robeson singing Ah! Still Suits Me!, Constance Towers singing Bill, and Act 1, scene 1 from John McGlinn's 1988 complete recording with Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Bruce Hubbard and Teresa Stratas.
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Adrian Edwards
Source: Radio Times

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