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To Sing is to Live

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad died
26 years ago this month. ' The memory of that unrivalled splendour of voice remains clear and untarnished.'
An affectionate portrait by Peter Orr with extracts from recordings, and the voices Of RICHARD LEWIS.
LORD MILES, GERALD MOORE , CHRISTOPHER RAEBURN. HAROLD ROSENTHAL ,
CONSTANCE SHACKLOCK.
DESMOND SHAWE-TAYLOR , SIR GEORG SOLTI and ASTRID VARNAY , and. from the BBC Sound Archives. IVOR NEWTON and FLAGSTAD herself In a talk she gave in June 1950.
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Soprano:
Kirsten Flagstad
Unknown:
Peter Orr
Unknown:
Richard Lewis.
Unknown:
Gerald Moore
Unknown:
Christopher Raeburn.
Unknown:
Harold Rosenthal
Unknown:
Constance Shacklock.
Unknown:
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Unknown:
Sir Georg Solti
Unknown:
Astrid Varnay
Source: Radio Times

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