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Composer of the Week: Elgar

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on BBC Radio 3

4: At the Centre of Public Life
Elgar was a private man, most at home in the Worcestershire countryside, but his music thrust him to the forefront of public life. With Donald Macleod.
Five Intermezzos (No 3) Athena Ensemble Soldiers' Chorus; Caractacus 's Lament (Caractacus) Peter Glossop (baritone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves
Coronation Ode Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Collins (contralto), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Scottish National Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Alexander Gibson
The Sanguine Fan (excerpt)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson
Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Baritone:
Peter Glossop
Conductor:
Charles Groves
Contralto:
Anne Collins
Contralto:
Anthony Rolfe
Tenor:
Gwynne Howell
Conductor:
Alexander Gibson
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Source: Radio Times

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