The wildly contrasting personalities of Britten and Berkeley are revealed in the music they wrote forthe theatre and for the drawing room. Presented by Donald Macleod with Tony Scotland.
Berkeley Sonatina, Op 39 (1st mvt)
Ian Brown and Kathryn Stott (piano duet) Britten Turn of the Screw, Act 1 Scene 8 Sam Pay (treble), Felicity Lott , Eileen Hulse , Phyllis Cannan and Nadine Secunde (sopranos), Philip Langridge (tenor), Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble Britten Noye 's Fludde (excerpt)
Alexander Gallifant , Timothy Lamb and Nicholas Berry (trebles), Polly Hewetson and Joanna Brown (sopranos),
Linda Ormiston and Camelia Johnson (mezzos), Donald Maxwell (baritone), Richard Pasco (speaker), Schools from Salisbury and Chester, John Alley (piano), Ian Watson (piano), Alan Harwood (organ), Coull Quartet, Members of the Endymion
Ensemble, conductor Richard Hickox
Berkeley Nelson , Act 3 (Emma Hamilton 's final aria) Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Elgar Howarth.
Berkeley Oboe Quartet Nash Ensemble Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight