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Hugh the Drover

BBC Radio 3
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Romantic ballad opera in two acts. Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams Libretto bv HAROLD CHILD
'I have an idea an opera written to real English words, with a certain amount of renl English music and also a real English subject, might just hit the right nail on the head....'
(Vaughan Williams in a letter to Harold Child) Cast:
with soloists, and AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS CHORISTERS OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES
3.0* Interval Reading
3.5 Hugh the Drover Act 2 gramophone records

Contributors

Music By:
Ralph Vaughan
Unknown:
Harold Child
Conducted By:
Sir Charles Groves
Source: Radio Times

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