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Tender Is the North

BBC Radio 3
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A rare performance in this country of Nielsen's opera Saul and David, live from the Scandinavian arts festival at the Barbican Hall, London. Sung in Danish.
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Andrew Davis Acts 1 and 2 8.40 Roderick Swanston considers the Old
Testament background to Nielsen's opera.
9.00 Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Roderick Swanston
Saul:
Ulrik Cold(bar)
David:
Kurt Westi(tenor)
Mikal:
Eva Johansson(sop)
Jonathan:
John Mark Ainsley(tenor)
Samuel:
Christian Christiansen(bass)
Witch o/Endor:
Anne Gjevang(contralto)
Aimer:
Peter Suhom(bass)
Abisaji/Young maiden:
Tracey Chadwell(sop)
Source: Radio Times

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