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Swansong (1989)

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A fantasy description of Euphonia, the Utopian musical city, as imagined by Hector Berlioz : midnight, 8 March 1869. Composed by David Sawer
Text by NICK DEAR after HECTOR BERLIOZ'S Evenings in the Orchestra.
ROBERT LANG (speaker) ERIC HILL (guitars)
IMOGEN BARFORD (harp) SOPHIA PRESTON (double-bass)
ROLF HIND (keyboards)
JEREMY SAMS (accordion) SIMON LIMBRICK (percussion)
FINCHLEY CHILDREN'S
MUSIC GROUP; BBC SINGERS BBC SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA led by RODNEY FRIEND conducted by RUPERT BAWDEN and RONALD CORP
Technical presentation by CAMPBELL HUGHES. SIMONWEIR and SIMON HANCOCK
Producers MARTIN COTTON and PHILIP TAGNEY (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hector Berlioz
Composed By:
David Sawer
Harp:
Imogen Barford
Double-Bass:
Sophia Preston
Accordion:
Jeremy Sams
Accordion:
Simon Limbrick
Conducted By:
Rupert Bawden
Presentation By:
Campbell Hughes.
Presentation By:
Simon Hancock
Source: Radio Times

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