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British Opera Matinee

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A Holst triple bill of bucolic humour and eastern mysticism.
The Wandering Scholar English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Steuart Bedford
Purcell Singers
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Imogen Hoist At the Boar's Head (after Shakespeare's Henry IV
Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor David Atherton
Discs

Contributors

Conductor:
Imogen Hoist
Conductor:
David Atherton
Louis:
Michael Rippon (bar)
Alison:
Norma Burrowes (sop)
Father Philippe:
Michael Langdon (bass)
Pierre:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Savitri:
Janet Baker (mezzo)
Satyavan:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Death:
Thomas Hemsley (bass)
Prince Hal:
Philip Langridge (tenor)
Falstaff:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Hostess:
Elise Ross (sop)
Doll Tearsheet:
Felicity Palmer (sop)
Pistol:
David Wilson-Johnson (bar)
Peto:
Peter Hall (tenor)
Bardolph:
Richard Suart (bar)
Poins:
Michael George (bass)
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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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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