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STRAUSS AND STRAVINSKY Daphne

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

from the Royal
Festival Hall,
London.
A rare performance of Richard Strauss one-act opera Daphne opens the BBC Symphony Orchestra's new season.
Their first five concerts, all with their chief conductor
Andrew Davis , feature music by Strauss and his near-contemporary and musical opposite Igor Stravinsky. (sop) (contralto)(tenor) (tenor) (bar)(tenor) (bass) (bass) (sop)(sop)
BBC Symphony Chorus (men's voices)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Unknown:
Igor Stravinsky.
Daphne:
Janice Watson
Gaea:
Jadwiga Rappe
Leukippos:
Jon Fredric West
Apollo:
Vinson Cole
First shepherd:
Robert Poulton
Second shepherd:
John Graham Hall
Third shepherd:
Simon Birchall
Fourth shepherd:
Jeremy Birchall
First maid:
Linda Kitchen
Second maid:
Sarah Pring
Source: Radio Times

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