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Composer of the Week:Hector Berlioz

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(1803-69). Louis Hector Berlioz 's passionate, impulsive nature yielded works that represent the high-water mark of Romanticism in music. Donald Macleod looks at Berlioz's early years. La Maure Jaloux
John Aler (tenor), Cord Garben (piano) Overture: Les Francs-Juges London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington
Messe Solennelle (excerpt)
Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et
Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner La Mortde Cleopatre Janet Baker
(mezzo), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, LSO, conductor Alexander Gibson
Producer Lyndon Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis Hector Berlioz
Music:
Donald MacLeod
Tenor:
John Aler
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Conductor:
Messe Solennelle
Bass-Baritone:
Gilles Cachemaille
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
Alexander Gibson
Producer:
Lyndon Jones
Source: Radio Times

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