April Cantelo (soprano)
Alexander Young (tenor) John Cameron (baritone)
William Parsons (bass) Walter Lear (bass-clarinet)
Mary and Geraldine Peppin (pianos)
Charles Spinks (celesta)
Christopher Blades. Thomas Blades and Reginald Flower (percussion)
The Macgibbon String Quartet:
Margot Macgibbon , Lorraine du Val
Anatole Mines , Lilly Phillips
Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
James W. Merrett (double-bass) Conducted by Walter Goehr
Nocturne FOR FOUR voices (poem by Sidney Keyes ): chamber cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, string quartet, double-bass, bass-clarinet. and celesta
THE LADY OF SHALOTT (poem by Tennyson): cantata in four movements, for tenor, viola, two pianos, celesta. and percussion
During an interval between the works Walter Goehr talks about the composer.