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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

Composer of the Week: Kurt Weill (1900-1950): Episode 5: America

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Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

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Episode 5: America

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BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Kurt Weill (1900-1950), America

Donald Macleod explores how Weill established himself as a successful Broadway composer.

Donald Macleod concludes his exploration of Kurt Weill's life and work, focusing on how he established himself as a successful Broadway composer.

Donald Macleod concludes his exploration of the life and work of Kurt Weill, focusing on how he established himself as a successful Broadway composer.

Although Weill was a respected composer of musical theatre in Europe, his reputation wasn't widely known in the United States. It didn't deter him from moving there and he was able to win audiences over and enjoy success on Broadway.

One Life to Live (Lady in the Dark)
Ute Lemper
RIAS Sinfonietta Berlin
John Mauceri (conductor)
Decca 436 4172  Tr 12


Symphony No 2 (1934) - 1st, 2nd mvts
Berlin Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
EMI CDC 5565732  Trs 1-2


I'm a stranger here myself (One touch of Venus)
Ute Lemper
Rias Chamber Ensemble
John Mauceri (conductor)
Decca 425 204-2  Tr 13


Street Scene (excerpt from Act 1)
Rose Maurrant ...... Janis Kelly
Harry Easter ...... Simon Masterton-Smith
Dick McGann ...... Philip Day
Mae Jones ...... Catherine Zeta Jones


Orchestra of English National Opera
Carl Davis (conductor)
That's Entertainment CDTER 21185  CD1  Trs 22, 23, 24, 28

Speak Low
Kurt Weill (vocal and piano)
Naxos 8120831  Tr 13


Oh Captain! My Captain!; Four Walt Whitman Songs
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
Robert Schumann Chamber Orchestra
Wind instruments of Dusseldorf Symphony
Marc-Andreas Schlingensiepen (conductor)
Koch CD 314050 H1  Trs 10-12

Thousands of Miles and Train to Johannesburg (Lost in the Stars)
Stephen Kumalo ...... Arthur Woodley
Concert Chorale of New York
Orchestra of St Luke's
Julius Rudel (conductor)
Music Masters 01612-67100-2  Trs 2, 3


Suburaya Johnny (Happy End)
Lotte Lenya
Roger Bean (conductor)
CBS MK 42658  Tr 20

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Donald Macleod explores the life of controversial German composer Kurt Weill

Donald Macleod explores the life of Kurt Weill. A composer who divides opinion, for some Weill is a writer of show tunes, while for others he represents the European theatrical innovators of the 1920s

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