Composer of the Week
Franz Waxman, Cabaret Scenes and Gothic Fantasies
Donald Macleod explores the era going from the heady world of 1920s German cabaret to the supernatural drama of Hitchcock's Rebecca, via a quintessential piece of early Hollywood horror. Allein in einer grossen Stadt (arr. Fontaine) Ute Lemper Gruss und Kuss - Veronika Eva Busch Weintraubs Synkopators Hollander, arr. Wachsmann (Waxman's name in German): Falling In Love Again Marlene Dietrich Friedrich Hollander and his Symphony of Jazz The Bride Of Frankenstein - film score (Main Title; Danse Macabre; The Creation of the Female Monster) Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra Kenneth Alwyn (conductor) Rebecca - film score (Arrival at Manderley; Mrs Danvers; Rebecca's Room; The New Mrs De Winter; The Fire - Epilogue) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Joel McNeely (conductor).