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BBC Radio 3Fri 8 Jun 2012 19:30 BBC Radio 3
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Donald Macleod explores Wagner's early love for the operas of Weber and Bellini.
Fri 8 Jun 2012 19:30 BBC Radio 3
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Radio 3 Live in Concert, Live from the Snape Maltings Hall Episode 1 of 2
Live from the Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Presented by Louise Fryer
The opening concert from the 2012 Aldeburgh Festival - an Oliver Knussen opera double bill.
'Children are the only reasonably sane audience' -Maurice Sendak.
The 2012 Aldeburgh Festival opens with a bang as two of the most imaginative children's books by the late Maurice Sendak are brought to life in an opera double bill from the festival's artist in residence Oliver Knussen. Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the Britten Sinfonia with a cast including Susanna Andersson, Susan Bickley, Claire Booth, Lucy Schaufer, Graeme Broadbent, Graeme Danby, Jonathan Gunthorpe and Christopher Lemmings in Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop!
Oliver Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are
Singers: Susanna Andersson, Susan Bickley, Claire Booth, Lucy Schaufer, Graeme Broadbent, Graeme Danby, Jonathan Gunthorpe and Christopher Lemmings
Netia Jones director/designer
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
BBC Radio 3Fri 8 Jun 2012 19:30 BBC Radio 3
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