Berners the Ballet Master
Donald Macleod introduces two Berners ballets - one devised with Gertrude Stein and the other a fantastical work with various bizarre characers.
In the mid 1920s, Lord Berners started to take painting much more seriously and composing fell by the wayside. But that was soon to change: with the advent of the Wall Street Crash Berners felt the need for a reliable source of income and returned to writing music.
Donald Macleod introduces Berners's next two ballets - one, devised in collaboration with the American writer Gertrude Stein about unrequited love, the other a fantastical work featuring a three-headed man, a three-legged juggler, a one-legged ballerina, and a man with six arms!
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Lord Berners
Luna Park - fantastic ballet -The Four niches
Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.- MARCO POLO : 8.-223716.
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Lord Berners
The Triumph of Neptune - Fanfare
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.- MARCO POLO : 8.225-155.
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Lord Berners
A Wedding bouquet - ballet for chorus (or speaker) and orchestra
Choir: RTE Chamber Choir. Orchestra: RTÉ Sinfonietta. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.- MARCO POLO : 811090-223716.
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Broadcasts
- Wed 17 Sep 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 17 Sep 200822:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 3 Dec 201412:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 3 Dec 201418:30BBC Radio 3
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