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Composer of the Week: Walton

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The 1950s. Walton's lyrical and delicate opera, Troilus and Cressida, took eight years to complete and the first performance in 1956 was plagued with difficulties. During that time he also composed the Coronation Te Deum - described as "lots of counter-tenors and little boys holy-holying, not to mention all the Queen's Trumpeters and side-drum." Coronation Te Deum
Choir of Winchester
Cathedral
Waynflete Singers Bournemouth SO, conductor David Hill
Partita for Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra, conductor George Szell Troilus and Cressida
(excerpts)
Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by the Composer Discs

Contributors

Conductor:
David Hill
Conductor:
George Szell
Troilus:
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Cressida:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop)
Pandarus:
Peter Pears (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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