The Flight of Lindbergh : a radio cantata / Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.
A music/theatre festival German radio program, originally written in 1929, presents a 35 minute cantata which represents an early collaboration between the playwrite Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill. The programs salutes Charles Lindbergh's historic 1927 trans-Atlantic flight, with the chorus celebrating the triumph of the human spirit. The program is followed by a documentary examining the beginnings of radio drama in Germany in the late 20's and early 30's.|THE FLIGHT OF LINDBERGH : A RADIO CANTATA / Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. - SERIES: The SoundPlay : horspiel series| no. 1 - A music/theatre festival German radio program, originally written in 1929, presents a 35 minute cantata which represents an early collaboration between the playwrite Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill. The program salutes Charles Lindbergh's historic triumph of the human spirit. The program is followed by a documentary examining the beginnings of radio drama in Germany in the late 20's and early 30's. - RECORDED: 1991.