play for radio by DAVID
POWNALL
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Music composed and directed by STEPHEN BOXER with Michael Williams Robert Eddison Mike Gwilym and Peter Vaugnan In 1216 King John Is dying, his kingdom fraught with war and Intrigue. In Carlisle the confrontation between a Master Mason and a wily prior epitomises power struggles within church and state.
MICHAEL CHANCE . ASHLEY STAFFORD (altOS), PHILIP SALMON ,JOHN POTTER
(tenors), richardwistreich, SIMON GRANT (basses)
Boy soloists PIERS MCLEISH and steven HARROLD ALASTAIR MCLACHLAN (medieval fiddle) DAVID CORKHILL
(percussion and bells) jereuy BARLOW (recorder, whistle, portative organ) BOB WHITE
(bagpipes, shawm)
FIONA HIBBERT (Celtic harp) Technical presentation by DAVID HITCHINSON and DIANA BARKHAM
Dlreoted by RONALD mason (Robert Eddlson and Mike Gwiltm are members of the RSC)