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Claude Vivier photo by J A Billard

15 March 2008

Saturday 15 March 2008 22:30-0:00 (Radio 3)

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert given in February as part of the Lancaster International Concert Series, to celebrate the work of Claude Vivier, the highly regarded but little-known Canadian composer who was murdered in 1983 at the age of 34.

With contributions from music writer Paul Griffiths.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

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Presenter: Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Producer: Felix Carey

Claude Vivier Portrait Concert.
Recorded at Lancaster University on the 28^th of February 2008

BBC Singers
Psappha
Nicholas Kok (conductor)

Vivier: Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele (7'23)
Vivier: Et je reverrai cette ville etrange (14'46)
Vivier: Journal (42'46)

A webcast of this concert is available to view on-line from Monday the 17^th March. From Lancaster University Webcast or from Psappha

Peter Cusack: The Last Ice (1'15)

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