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BBC Proms 2003

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Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Lennox Berkeley's moving setting of the Magnificat is performed by the three cathedral choirs that gave its premiere in 1968. It is framed by Ravel's exquisite fairy-tale ballet and Franck's only symphony. Presented by Chris de Souza.
St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Westminster Abbey Choir, Westminster Cathedral
Choir, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Ravel Ballet: Ma Mère rOye
Lennox Berkeley Magnificat, Op 71
8.00 Twenty Minutes: The Cor Anglais
Victoria Wood once boasted that she held
Grade 8 on the cor anglais. Player Geoffrey Browne mounts a robust defence of this sometimes disparaged instrument.
8.20 Franck Symphony in D minor Repeated next Monday at 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Presented By:
Chris de Souza.
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Victoria Wood
Unknown:
Geoffrey Browne
Unknown:
Franck Symphony
Source: Radio Times

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