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Elgar's Caractacus

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

live from the Barbican
Hall, London.
Dedicated to Queen
Victoria, Elgar's cantata tells of Caractacus's valiant last stand against the conquering Roman army.
London Symphony
Orchestra and Chorus conductor Richard Hickox
Scenes 1 and 2 8.20 Caractacus's Last
Stand
Where precisely did the Romans defeat the Britons in AD 50?
Professor Barri Jones fights it out with Mark Hassall at Llanymynech.
8.40 Scenes 3-6

Contributors

Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Professor Barri Jones
Unknown:
Mark Hassall
Eigm:
Judith Howarth(sop)
Orbin:
Arthur Davies(tenor)
Caractacus:
David Wilson-Johnson(bar)
Claudius:
Alistair Miles(bass)
Arch-DruidlA Bard:
Stephen Roberts(bass)
Source: Radio Times

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