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The Young Lennox Berkeley

on BBC Radio 3

An Englishman in Paris
The last of four programmes of little-known and recently-discovered works written by Sir Lennox Berkeley when he was at Oxford, and in Paris in the 1920s and 30s studying with Nadia Boulanger. Devised and presented by Peter Dickinson as a tribute to the composer for his 85th birthday.
MARGARET CABLE (mezzo-soprano) ANTHONY LEGGE (piano) SARAH FRANCIS (oboe)
GRAHAM MAYGER (flute)
GORDON STEWART (piano)
Trio for flute, oboe and piano; Five Short Pieces; Lay Your
Sleeping Head, My Love: Night Covers Up the Rigid Land
Britten Night Covers Up the Rigid Land
Berkeley Three Impromptus Series producer PAUL SPICER BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Written By:
Sir Lennox Berkeley
Unknown:
Nadia Boulanger.
Presented By:
Peter Dickinson
Piano:
Anthony Legge
Oboe:
Sarah Francis
Piano:
Gordon Stewart
Producer:
Paul Spicer

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