Composer of the Week - Carl Orff (1895-1982) - The White Rose

This episode is available until midday on Friday, 21st August as part of the Series Catch-up Trial. Donald Macleod and Michael Kater discuss Orff's behaviour during the Second World War and immediately afterwards, when he needed to prove to the American authorities that he hadn't collaborated with the Nazi government. Rundadinella (Schulwerk) Tolzer Boys Choir Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (conductor) BMG Conifer 75605513572, Tr 16 Antigonae Antigone ...... Inge Bork Bavarian Radio Chorus Bavarian Symphony Orchestra Ferdinand Leitner (conductor) DG 437 721-2, CD 3 Trs 1-2 Mir is so wundrig/So strange I feel (Die Bernauerin - 1944-6) Horst Laubenthal (tenor solo) Agnes ...... Christine Ostermayer Albrecht ...... Gerhart Lippert Bavarian Radio Chorus Munich Radio Orchestra Kurt Eichhorn (conductor) Orfeo C 255912 H, CD1 Tr 6 Oedipus der Tyrann (excerpt from Act 1) Kreon ...... Kieth Engen Oedipus ...... Gerhard Stolze A Priest ...... Karl Christian Kohn Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor) DG 4370292, CD 1 Trs 3-8 Sunt lacrimae rerum Carl Orff Choir Arthur Gross (conductor) WER 4006-50, Trs 19-21.