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20s SEASON London in the1920s

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Stephen Plaistow explores the musical life of London in the 1920s, with voices from the BBC archives and contemporary recordings by Nellie Melba ,
Eva Turner , Fritz Kreisler with John McCormack , Alfred Cortot , Jacques Thibaud and Pablo Casals.
Walton Facade
Edith Sitwell and Constant
Lambert (readers) Instrumental ensemble/The Composer Hoist Egdon Heath
London Philharmonic/ Adrian Boult
Vaughan Williams
Kyrie (Mass in G minor) Choir of King's College Cambridge/
David Willcocks
Bach Fugue (Sonata No3 in C for solo violin, BWV1005) Yehudi Menuhin
Varese Hyperprism
Members of the Columbia SO/Robert Craft
Bridge Enter Spring Royal Liverpool
PO/Charles Groves

Contributors

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Nellie Melba
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Eva Turner
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Fritz Kreisler
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John McCormacK
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Alfred Cortot
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Jacques Thibaud
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Pablo Casals.
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Edith Sitwell
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Adrian Boult
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Vaughan Williams
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David Willcocks
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Yehudi Menuhin
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Varese Hyperprism
Source: Radio Times

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