On behalf of the European Broadcasting Union, Austrian and Swedish Radios present a concert performance of Purcell's 'Fairy Queen' in the revised edition by ANTHONY LEWIS
HANS KELLER , the chairman of the international working party which plans these EBU seasons, asks:
BENITA VALENTE (Soprano) MARTA SCHELE (soprano)
PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) ERIC SAEDEN (bass) and SOLOISTS FROM THE CHAMBER CHOIR
STOCKHOLM CHAMBER CHOIR chorus-master ERIC ERICSON MUSICA HOLMIAE, STOCKHOLM CONCENTUS MUSICUS, VIENNA leader NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
Musical directors NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT and ERIC ERICSON from the Grosse Muslkverelns saal
Part 1: Acts 1-3
9.30* A Second Orpheus
An anthology of poems about Purcell by his contemporaries, chosen and read by DAVID LLOYD JAMES
9.50* Purcell's Fairy Queen ' Part 2: Act 4