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Composers of the Week: LennoxBerkeley and Benjamin Britten

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod and Tony Scotland explore themes of isolation and acceptance in Berkeley and Britten's friendship and their music.
Berkeley He Would Not Stay for Me (Five Housman Songs) Ian Partridge (tenor), Jennifer Partridge (piano)
Britten Si Come nella Penna (Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo)
Peter Pears (tenor) accompanied by the Composer (piano)
Berkeley Symphony No
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Richard Hickox
Britten Owen Wingrave , Act 2 Scene 1
(excerpt) Sylvia Fisher and Heather Harper (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo),
Nigel Douglas (tenor), Benjamin Luxon and John Shirley-Quirk (baritones),
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by the Composer
Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Piano:
Jennifer Partridge
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Conducted By:
Richard Hickox
Conducted By:
Britten Owen Wingrave
Unknown:
Sylvia Fisher
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Soprano:
Janet Baker
Tenor:
Nigel Douglas
Tenor:
Benjamin Luxon
Tenor:
John Shirley-Quirk
Source: Radio Times

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