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Music in Our Time

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A mechanical pastoral ubretto by TONY HARRISON
Music by Harrison Birtwistle (BBC commission: nrst broadcast) OPERA FACTORY LONDON SINFONIETTA conductor ELGAR HOWARTH assistant conductor CHARLES PEEBLES director DAVID FREEMAN luiven on 23 August in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Harrison
Music By:
Harrison Birtwistle
Alan, a shepherd from the north:
Omar Ebrahim (baritone)
Hannah, his wife:
Helen Charnock (soprano)
Uavle and Rab, their twin sons:
Dominic Martelu
Caleb Raven, a shepherd from the south:
Richard Suart (baritone)
Bad 'un/Piper:
Philip Doghan (tenor)
Jack and Dick, the dark-haired twins:
Joanne Hunt
Jack and Dick, the dark-haired twins:
Stuart Hunt
Ram:
Tom McDonnell (bass)
Sheep 12:
Chorus Of Women'S Voices
Source: Radio Times

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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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