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A Restoration Concert

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MONTEVERDI CHOIR Continuo:
MARILYN SANSOM (cello) NIGEL NORTH (lute)
TREVOR PINNOCK
(harpsichord and organ) MONTEVERDI ORCHESTRA leader NONA LIDDELL conductor JOHN ELIOT GARDINER John Blow Venus and Adonis: a masque for the entertainment of the King
Chorus of Shepherds and Shepherdesses, Huntsmen, Cupids and Graces

Contributors

Cello:
Marilyn Sansom
Harpsichord:
Trevor Pinnock
Leader:
Nona Liddell
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
John Blow Venus
Venus:
Burrowes Norma (soprano)
Adonis:
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Cupid:
Mary Beverley (soprano)
First shepherd:
Richard Morton (tenor)
Second shepherd:
Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Shepherdess:
Suzanne Flowers (soprano)
Huntsman:
Charles Brett (counter-Tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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