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on BBC Radio 3

Anthony Burton introduces music first performed in 1934, including one of Copland's finest works - premiered in Mexico City - and Bartok's choral masterpiece, first heard in a BBC broadcast from London.
Bloch Sanctification (Sacred Service) Louis Berkman (baritone), Zemel Choir, LSO, conductor Geoffrey Simon Copland Short Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Stravinsky Persephone (Part 3) Anne Fournet (narrator), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Tiffin Boys ' Choir, London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano Varese Ecuatorial
Kevin Deas (bass), ASKO Ensemble, conductor Kent Nagano
Bartok Cantata Profana John Aler (tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez Producer David Stevens
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Introduces:
Anthony Burton
Baritone:
Louis Berkman
Conductor:
Geoffrey Simon
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Stravinsky Persephone
Narrator:
Anne Fournet
Narrator:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Tenor:
Tiffin Boys
Bass:
Kevin Deas
Tenor:
John Aler
Tenor:
John Tomlinson
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Producer:
David Stevens

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