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Porgy and Bess

on BBC Radio 3

Opera in three acts Music by George Gershwin Book and lyrics by DUBOSE HEYWARD and IRA GERSHWIN Glyndebourne's highly acclaimed production by TREVOR NUNN , the opera's first staging in this country, recorded on 1 August
GLYNDEBOURNE CHORUS LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader DAVID NOLAN conducted by SIMON RATTLE Act 1 and Act 2, scenes 1-2 4 25* Interval Reading
4 35* Act 2, scenes 3-4, and Act 3 (In association with Citicorp Investment Bank Ltd) 0 FEATURE: page 16

Contributors

Music By:
George Gershwin
Unknown:
Dubose Heyward
Production By:
Trevor Nunn

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