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Esther

BBC Radio 3
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An Oratorio, or Sacred Drama in three acts
Music by Handel Libretto after racine
'Esther,' wrote Winton Dean , ' has come down to history as the first English oratorio.'
MARY MURDOCH (oboe obbligato) Continuo:
SKAILA KANGA (harp)
ROBERT SPENCER (theorbo)
DEREK STEVENS (harpsichord)
MARGARET PHILLIPS (harpsichord) SIMON LINDLEY (organ)
ANNA SHUTTLEWORTH (Cello)
RODNEY SLATFORD (double-bass) GEOFFREY GAMBOLD (baSSOOn) TILFORD BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR
TILFORD BACH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA conductor DENYS DARLOW Act 1
2.50* Esther and the Birth of English Oratorio
A talk by WINTON DEAN
3.10* Esther Acts 2 and 3 (Given before an invited audience in St George 's, Hanover Square, London, in December 1972)

Contributors

Music By:
Handel Libretto
Unknown:
Winton Dean
Oboe:
Mary Murdoch
Harp:
Skaila Kanga
Harp:
Robert Spencer
Harpsichord:
Derek Stevens
Harpsichord:
Margaret Phillips
Harpsichord:
Simon Lindley
Cello:
Anna Shuttleworth
Double-Bass:
Rodney Slatford
Bassoon:
Geoffrey Gambold
Conductor:
Denys Darlow
Talk By:
Winton Dean
Unknown:
St George
Source: Radio Times

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