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Beethoven's Choral Symphony and a First Performance

BBC Radio 3
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MANOUG PARIKIAN (violin) RITA HUNTER (soprano)
BARBARA ROBOTHAM (Contralto) JOHN MITCHINSON (tenor) CHRISTOPHER KEYTE (bass)
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC CHOIR chorus-master EDMUND WALTERS ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, leader CLIFFORD KNOWLES conductor Charles Groves direct from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. Part 1
National Anthem (arr Britten) Hugh Wood Violin Concerto (first performance: commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society)

Contributors

Tenor:
John Mitchinson
Bass:
Christopher Keyte
Leader:
Clifford Knowles
Conductor:
Charles Groves
Violin:
Hugh Wood
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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