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BBC Proms 2002

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Another chance to hear Saturday's Prom. Walton's centenary is celebrated with a suite from his score for a BBC radio play, written in the 1940s by the poet Louis
Mac Neice. This journey to the new world prefaces Dvorak's setting of the traditional devotional poem about the Virgin Mary 's vigil at Christ's Cross. Presented by Martin Handley.
Susan Chilcott (soprano), Catherine Wyn -Rogers (mezzo). Paul Charles Clarke
(tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), London
Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Walton, arr Christopher Palmer Suite: Christopher Columbus Dvorak Stabat Mater

Contributors

Unknown:
Virgin Mary
Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Soprano:
Susan Chilcott
Soprano:
Catherine Wyn
Tenor:
Paul Charles Clarke
Tenor:
John Tomlinson
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Christopher Palmer
Source: Radio Times

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