In this programme to commemorate the centenary of the composer's birth, his biographer Michael Hurd shows how the operas reflect an extraordinary life: with specially recorded scenes from
Bethlehem, Alkestis, The Queen of Cornwall, The Lily Maid and The Immortal Hour performed by JANET PRICE (soprano)
JULIE KENNARD (soprano)
SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-soprano) WYNFORD EVANS (tenor)
NIGEL WICKENS (baritone) STEPHEN VARCOE (baritone) JONATHAN ROBARTS (bass) MICHAEL GEORGE (bass) BBC SINGERS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA, led by ARTHUR PRICE , conducted by OWAIN ARWEL HUGHES
Répétiteur ALEXA MAXWELL Technical presentation JAMES HAMILTON
Producer ELAINE PADMORE