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BBC Proms

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Simon Preston (organ) John Aler (tenor)
Laurence Bouvard (narrator) BBC Singers
New London Children's Choir
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/David Atherton

Ravel Suite: Ma mere l'oye
Poulenc Organ Concerto
8.15 Persephone and the Divine Madness
Roger Nichols examines the place of Persephone in 20th-century music and Stravinsky's unfashionably un-French treatment of the ancient myth.
8.35 Stravinsky Persephone

Contributors

Organist:
Simon Preston
Tenor:
John Aler
Narrator:
Laurence Bouvard
Singers:
BBC Singers
Singers:
New London Children's Choir
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
David Atherton
Presenter (Persephone and the Divine Madness):
Roger Nichols
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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