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Composers of the Week: Gustav and Imogen Holst

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3/5. Donald Macleod introduces music from two of Holst's little-known operas - a Shakespeare-inspired romp and ballet music from a comic opera.
Gustav Holst Ballet music: The Perfect Fool LSO, conductor Andre Previn Fugal Concerto
Richard Adeney (flute),
Peter Graeme (oboe), English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Imogen Holst
At the Boar's Head (excerpt)
Royal Liverpool PO, conductor David Atherton
Egdon Heath LPO, conductor Adrian Boult
March (A Moorside Suite) BMC Band, Oxford, conductor Imogen Holst
(Repeated at 8.45pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Flautist:
Richard Adeney
Oboeist:
Peter Graeme
Conductor:
Imogen Holst
Conductor:
David Atherton
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Conductor:
Imogen Holst
Pistol:
David Wilson-Johnson (bass Baritone)
Falstaff:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Mistress Quickly:
Elise Ross (soprano)
Doll Tearsheet:
Felicity Palmer (mezzo)
Bardolph:
Richard Suart (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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