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Early Music from the Proms

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The first of four of last summer's Proms given on period instruments

Monteverdi Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610)

Nancy Argenta (soprano) Eliabeth Lane (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Mark Tucker (tenor) Nigel Robson (tenor) Richard Jackson (baritone) Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Finchley Children's Music Group, director Ronald Corp, Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists, led by Alison Bury, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

(Given in Westminster Abbey last July)

Contributors

Soprano:
Nancy Argenta
Soprano:
Elizabeth Lane
Counter-Tenor:
Michael Chance
Tenor:
Mark Tucker
Tenor:
Nigel Robson
Baritone:
Richard Jackson
Baritone:
Stephen Varcoe
Singers:
Finchley Children's Music Group
Musical Director:
Ronald Corp
Singers:
Monteverdi Choir
Musicians:
English Baroque Soloists
Orchestra leader:
Alison Bury
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Source: Radio Times

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