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The Chakravaka Bird

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Song-drama by ANTHONY GILBERT to poems by AKKA MAHADEVI, translated by A. K. RAMANUJAN
(BBC commission: first performance)
KATHRYN LUKAS (alto flute) IVOR BEYNON (accordion) JOHN LEACH (cimbalom)
JAMES HOLLAND , TERENCE EMERY , DAVID JOHNSON , GREGORY KNOWLES , JAMES WOOD and NIGEL SHIPWAY (percussion)
JOHN CONSTABLE , RICHARD NUNN and STEPHEN PRUSLIN (keyboards) conducted by LIONEL FRIEND
Technical presentation by JAMES HAMILTON and PETER SIDHOM
Producer VERONICA SLATER A free libretto is available: please send a stamped addressed envelope to 'Gilbert Libretto ', [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Gilbert
Translated By:
A. K. Ramanujan
Unknown:
Kathryn Lukas
Accordion:
John Leach
Unknown:
James Holland
Unknown:
Terence Emery
Unknown:
David Johnson
Unknown:
Gregory Knowles
Unknown:
James Wood
Unknown:
John Constable
Unknown:
Richard Nunn
Unknown:
Stephen Pruslin
Conducted By:
Lionel Friend
Presentation By:
James Hamilton
Presentation By:
Peter Sidhom
Producer:
Veronica Slater
Source: Radio Times

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