Composer of the Week - Franz Waxman - Sacred and Profane

Donald looks at some of Waxman's most eclectic works: a sinfonietta written between continents, a film score based on a book that scandalised America and an epic Biblical oratorio, composed after the tragic death of the composer's wife. Sinfonietta for string orchestra and timpani Los Angeles Festival orchestra Franz Waxman (conductor) Suite: Peyton Place (arr Patrick Russ) Camerata Nordica Joshua: A Dramatic Oratorio for Soloists, Narrator, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (excerpt from Part 1) Maximilian Schell (narrator) Rod Gilfry (baritone) Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) Peter Buchi, Patrick Poole (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Choir Prague Philharmonia James Sedares (conductor).