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Proms Composer of the Week: John Adams

BBC Radio 3
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Presented by Alwynne Pritchard in conversation with John Adams.
Today's music includes a symphony inspired by Schoenberg and cartoon music and a sombre setting of a war poem by Walt Whitman.
Day Chorus (The Death of Klinghoffer, Act 2)
London Opera Chorus, Lyon Opera Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano Chamber Symphony London Sinfonietta, conducted by the Composer The Wound-Dresser
Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Orchestra of St Luke's, conducted by the Composer Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Alwynne Pritchard
Unknown:
John Adams.
Unknown:
Walt Whitman.
Baritone:
Sanford Sylvan
Source: Radio Times

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