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A Portrait of Lord Berners

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An entertainment in words and music given by Meriel Dickinson (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Dickinson (piano) Susan Bradshaw (piano)
Sir John Betjeman (speaker) with additional introductions by PETER DICKINSON who devised the programme
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson (1883-1950) was an English peer, a professional diplomat, a successful novelist and a composer of rather eccentric music admired by Stravinsky. This programme includes all his songs and piano solos and a set of piano duets, together with readings from his novels, poems and other writings.
(An edited recording of a concert promoted by the Park Lane Group at the Purcell Room on 8 December 1972) Part 1
10.50* Excerpts from
Lord Berners Ballet Suite: The Triumph of Neptune in a vintage recording made by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM With the LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA gramophone records
11.5* A Portrait of Lord Berners Part 2
11.55 News
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Mezzo-Soprano:
Meriel Dickinson
Piano:
Peter Dickinson
Piano:
Susan Bradshaw
Piano:
Sir John Betjeman
Unknown:
Peter Dickinson
Unknown:
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Source: Radio Times

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