Composer of the Week
Lord Berners, Episode 3
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! Fanfare Royal Ballet Sinfonia Gavin Sutherland MARCO POLO 8.225155 T1 Luna Park RTE Sinfonietta Kenneth Alwyn, conductor MARCO POLO 8.223716 T6-10 A Wedding Bouquet RTE Choir RTE Sinfonietta Kenneth Alwyn, conductor MARCO POLO 8.223716 T1-4