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Composers of the Week: LennoxBerkeley and Benjamin Britten

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Donald Macleod and Tony Scotland look at what the two composers'music for theatre and drawing room reveal about their contrasting personalities.
Berkeley Sonatina, Op 39 (Istmvt)
Ian Brown and Kathryn Stott (piano duet) Britten Turn of the Screw, Act 1 Scene 8 Soloists, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble
Britten Noye's Fludde (excerpt) Soloists, Coull Quartet, Members of the Endymion Ensemble, conductor Richard Hickox
Berkeley Nelson , Act 3 (Emma Hamilton 's final aria) Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), BBCSO, conductor Elgar Howarth.
Berkeley Oboe Quartet Nash Ensemble Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Ian Brown
Piano:
Kathryn Stott
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Berkeley Nelson
Unknown:
Emma Hamilton
Soprano:
Eiddwen Harrhy
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth.
Source: Radio Times

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