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Double Portraits
With Peggy Reynolds.
1: Gainsborough and the Linleys
In the Dulwich Picture Gallery there is a portrait of two young girls in a sunny landscape. The girls are both as charming today as they must have been in 1772 when Thomas
Gainsborough set out to paint this portrait of Elizabeth and Mary, the gifted daughters of his good friend the musician Thomas Linley. Music in today's programme includes:
JC Bach Oboe Concerto No 2 In F
Anthony Robson , Hanover Band, conductor Anthony Halstead
Herschel Sonata in D, Op 4 No 4
Invocation, director Timothy Roberts (harpsichord obbligato)
Handel Father of Heaven (Judas Maccabaeus) Kathleen Ferrier
(contralto), London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult
Thomas Linley In Thousand Thoughts of Love and Thee Invocation
Producer Anthony Sellors

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds.
Musician:
Thomas Linley.
Unknown:
Anthony Robson
Conductor:
Anthony Halstead
Conductor:
Herschel Sonata
Harpsichord:
Timothy Roberts
Contralto:
Kathleen Ferrier
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Conductor:
Thomas Linley
Producer:
Anthony Sellors
Source: Radio Times

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