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Composer of the Week Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975)
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Donald Macleod with biographer Paul Spicer delve into Bliss’s music during WWII and after, including his appointment as Master of the Queen’s Music.

Donald Macleod with biographer Paul Spicer delve into Bliss’s music during WWII and after, including his appointment as Master of the Queen’s Music. This was a time when Bliss was at the height of his fame, including collaborating with the Alfredo Campoli on a violin concerto. It was also a period when Bliss experienced a major disaster, in the composing and premier of his opera, The Olympians.

Miracle in the Gorbals (The Young Lovers)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Seal, conductor

String Quartet No 1 (Allegretto grazioso)
Maggini Quartet

Miracle in the Gorbals (The Killing of the Stranger)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Seal, conductor

Adam Zero (Approach of Autumn)
English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

Piano Sonata (excerpt)
Eric Parkin, piano

Welcome the Queen
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Vivo – Tranquillo)
Lydia Mordkovich, violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox, conductor

Produced by Luke Whitlock

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Music Played

  • Arthur Bliss

    Miracle in the Gorbals (The Young Lovers)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5370.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.

  • Arthur Bliss

    String Quartet No. 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Maggini Quartet.
    • Naxos : 8.557108.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Miracle in the Gorbals (The Killing of the Stranger)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5370.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 15.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Adam Zero (Approach of Autumn)

    Performer: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • NAXOS : 8.-553460.
    • NAXOS.
    • 15.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Piano Sonata (2nd & 3rd mvts)

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN 2006.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 27.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Welcome The Queen

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-9896.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bliss: Violin Concerto & A Colour Symphony.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 16:00
    BBC Radio 3

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