Doris Gambell (soprano)
Cecil Cox (flute)
Sale and District Musical Society
(Conductor, Alfred Higson )
BBC Northern Orchestra
(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
Sir Arthur Bliss ' Pastoral, which is dedicated to Elgar, was first performed in 1929. The poems are selected from the works of Ben Jonson , John Fletcher , Poliziano, Theocritus, and Robert Nichols.