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Songsmiths Leo Black continues his three-part series in which he looks back on his years devising and producing lieder recitals for the BBC. Among the singers represented today are
John Shirley-Quirk , Doris Soffel and Richard Lewis in Schubert, and Elizabeth Harwood and Sheila Armstrong in Strauss. The programme ends with Robert Tear singing a Schubert rarity, Die Einsamkeit, an extended song in which a novice sings of the frustrations of monastic life. In between the songs. Norbert Brainin and Lili Kraus play two Schubert sonatinas for violin and piano.

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Songsmiths Leo Black
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John Shirley-Quirk
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Doris Soffel
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Richard Lewis
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Elizabeth Harwood
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Sheila Armstrong
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Robert Tear
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Norbert Brainin
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Lili Kraus
Source: Radio Times

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