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England's Pleasant Land

BBC Radio 3
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On 12 October 1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams was born. This centenary series features music written in England during his lifetime - period sometimes called ' The English Renaissance.' This week's programme is devoted to a performance of his Mass in G minor.
HAZEL SIMKINS (soprano)
AMERAL GUNSON (contralto)
EMLYN RANDALL-JONES (tenor) RICHARD BOURNE (bass) BBC CHORUS conducted by DOUGLAS ROBINSON (Douglas Robinson broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Soprano:
Hazel Simkins
Conducted By:
Douglas Robinson
Conducted By:
Douglas Robinson
Source: Radio Times

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