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L'allegro ed il pensieroso
(Mirth and melancholy: an oratorio, to a text adapted from MILTON, 1740)
APRIL CANTELO (soprano)
MAUREEN LEHANE (Contralto) ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor)
MICHAEL RIPPON (bass-baritone) BBC CHORUS Continuo:
CHARLES SPINKS (harpsichord) ALAN HARVERSON (organ) BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by MAURICE BRETT conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS Part 1
8.30* Readings from Milton's poems by MARTIN JARVIS
8.50* L'allegro ed il pensieroso Part 2

Contributors

Contralto:
Maureen Lehane
Tenor:
Alexander Young
Bass-Baritone:
Michael Rippon
Harpsichord:
Charles Spinks
Harpsichord:
Alan Harverson
Unknown:
Maurice Brett
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
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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