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A concert given on 22 June 1985 to celebrate Sir Peter Pears 's 75th birthday
SIR PETER PEARS (speaker)
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (cello) MURRAY PERAHIA (piano) ANDRAS SCHIFF (piano) NICHOLAS DANIEL (Oboe) JULIUS DRAKE (piano and harpsichord)
FELICIA LANE (percussion) BRODSKY STRING QUARTET
Michael Thomas (violin) Ian Belton (violin)
Paul Cassidy (viola)
Jacqueline Thomas (cello) conducted by Oliver KNUSSEN
Parti
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F (K 370) Peter Paul Nash Earthquake , for speaker, oboe and piano quintet
(first broadcast performance) Schumann Fantasie in c, Op 17 Tchaikovsky Nocturne for cello and piano, Op 19 No 4
Britten Marcia (Cello Sonata, Op 65)
Shostakovich Scherzo (Cello Sonata, Op 40)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Peter Pears
Piano:
Murray Perahia
Piano:
Andras Schiff
Oboe:
Nicholas Daniel
Piano:
Julius Drake
Harpsichord:
Felicia Lane
Violin:
Michael Thomas
Violin:
Ian Belton
Viola:
Paul Cassidy
Cello:
Jacqueline Thomas
Conducted By:
Oliver Knussen
Unknown:
Peter Paul Nash Earthquake
Cello:
Britten Marcia
Cello:
Shostakovich Scherzo
Source: Radio Times

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