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Compact Discoveries 187: "Artur Lemba"

Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:59:00

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Fred Flaxman presents two beautiful, romantic works by this Estonian composer: his Piano Concerto No. 1 and his Symphony in C-Sharp Minor. Read the full description.

Cdslogo2inch_small Fred Flaxman presents two beautiful, romantic works by this Estonian composer: his Piano Concerto No. 1 and his Symphony in C-Sharp Minor.

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Broadcast History

This is the world premier of this program.

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Program 187
"Artur Lemba"

MUSIC: excerpt from the opening of the third movement of Artur Lemba’s Symphony in C-Sharp Minor, performed by the Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi [Chandos 241-26, CD-1, Track 4] [under the following]

Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman, and I’m going to devote the next hour to the beautiful but relatively unknown music of the Estonian Romantic composer, Artur Lemba. This is the beginning of the third movement of his Symphony in C-Sharp Minor. We’ll listen to three movements from that symphony later in the program, as well as a complete performance of his melodious Piano Concerto Number 1.

MUSIC: Fades out

Artur Lemba was born in Tallinn, Estonia, in 1885. He died there in 1963. He learned to play the piano from his brother and followed in his brother’s footsteps to enroll in the St. Petersburg Conse...
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