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Britten in America:
1939-1942
In May 1939 Britten visited America, planning to stay for three months. Three years later he returned to England much enriched by the experience. The Salley Gardens Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano) (Mono)
Young Apollo, Op 16 Peter Donohoe (piano) City of Birmingham SO Simon Rattle
Calypso (1939)
Sarah Walker (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano)
AMDG - 7 settings of Gerard Mauley Hopkins (1939) London Sinfonietta
Voices/Terry Edwards
Les Illuminations, Op 18 Peter Pears (tenor)
English CO/The Composer Producer John Evans

Contributors

Piano:
Benjamin Britten
Piano:
Peter Donohoe
Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Unknown:
Gerard Mauley Hopkins
Producer:
John Evans
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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