Last of three programmes following the careers of composers who studied with Schoenberg tn the 1920s
Eisler
1920s
Kriegslied eines Kindes
Frühlingsrede an einen Baum Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 8
1930s
Lied von der Tiinche
Choral Variations: Gegen den Krieg (Brecht)
1940s
Elegy 1943; Die Mutter; Der Kirschdieb; Printemps allemand
Nonet No. 2 (1939)
MARY THOMAS (soprano) PAUL HAMBURGER
(piano and jangle-box) SUSAN McGAW (piano)
BBC CHORUS
Conductor, PETER GELLBORN
VESUVIUS ENSEMBLE
William Bennett (flute) Thea King (clarinet)
Roger Birnstingl (bassoon) Elgar Howarth (trumpet) Eric Allen (percussion) Kenneth Sillito (violin) John Tunnell (violin)
Claire Simpson (violin)
Philip Simms (double-bass) Devised by Leo Black
Songs broadcast October 5. 1966: piano music September 23. 1966; choral piece September 28. 1966: Nonet October 28. 1966 followed by an interlude at 10.55