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The Nash EnsemMe

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on BBC Radio 3

From the Purcell
Room, London, a concert featuring a revised version of Michael
Tippett's Tempest Suite with some newly composed works being performed for the first time.
Susan Bickley (mezzo) Martyn Hill (tenor)
David Barrel ! (baritone) Craig Ogden (guitar) .
Conductor Andrew Parrott
Stravinsky Octet ; Three
Songs from Shakespeare Tippett , arr Bowen Suite: The Tempest (first UK performance of complete suite)
8.30 Christopher Cook examines the treatment of mythological themes in art, literature and music with guests John Carey and Peter Paul Nash.
8.50 Tippett Songs for Achilles
Stravinsky Suite: The Soldier's Tale

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Bickley
Baritone:
David Barrel
Guitar:
Craig Ogden
Conductor:
Andrew Parrott
Conductor:
Stravinsky Octet
Unknown:
Shakespeare Tippett
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
John Carey
Unknown:
Peter Paul Nash.
Source: Radio Times

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