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Composers of the Week: LennoxBerkeley and Benjamin Britten

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Donald Macleod and Tony Scotland explore themes in Berkeley and Britten's friendship and in their music.
Berkeley He Would Not Stay for Me (Five Housman Songs) Ian Partridge (tenor), Jennifer Partridge (piano)
Britten Si Come nella Penna (Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo)
Peter Pears (tenor) accompanied by the Composer (piano)
Berkeley Symphony No 1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Britten Owen Wingrave , Act 2 Scene 1
(excerpt) Sylvia Fisher and Heather Harper (sopranos), Janet Baker (mezzo),
Nigel Douglas (tenor), Benjamin Luxon and John Shirley-Quirk (baritones),
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by the Composer Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Piano:
Jennifer Partridge
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Britten Owen Wingrave
Unknown:
Sylvia Fisher
Sopranos:
Heather Harper
Sopranos:
Janet Baker
Tenor:
Nigel Douglas
Tenor:
Benjamin Luxon
Tenor:
John Shirley-Quirk
Source: Radio Times

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