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Riders to the Sea

BBC Radio 3
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Music-drama in one act
Music by Vaughan Williams Libretto by j. M. SYNGE
(sung in English: records)
In Riders to the Sea, a play about an Irish fishing community, Vaughan Williams has created a powerful drama of human endurance in the face of natural elements. WOMEN'S VOICES OF THE
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
ORCHESTRA NOVA OF LONDON conducted by MEREDITH DAVIES
The scene is set in a cottage kitchen on an island off the West Coast of Ireland

Contributors

Music By:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
J. M. Synge
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies
A woman:
Pauline Stevens
Solo soprano:
Valerie Hill
Solo contralto:
Gloria Jennings
Source: Radio Times

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