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Chaconnes from the 17th and 20th centuries, and an elegiac string quartet leading into the little-known Tudor funeral music on which it is based.
UNDSAY STRING QUARTET Peter Cropper (violin) Ronald Birks (violin) Roger Bigley (viola)
Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello) BBC SINGERS conductor JOHN POOLE
Purcell, ed Britten Chacony in G minor
Robert Saxton Chaconne for double choir (first broadcast performance)
Richard Steinitz Quartet In Memoriam (first broadcast performance)
Morley, ed Steinitz The Burial Service
Robert Saxton 's Concerto for Orchestra: R3, Mon 7.30 pm

Contributors

Violin:
Peter Cropper
Violin:
Ronald Birks
Viola:
Roger Bigley
Cello:
Bernard Gregor-Smith
Conductor:
John Poole
Unknown:
Britten Chacony
Unknown:
Robert Saxton Chaconne
Unknown:
Richard Steinitz
Unknown:
Robert Saxton
Source: Radio Times

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