from St John 's, Smith Square, London.
Conductor Lionel Friend
Patricia Rozario (soprano) Introduced by Stephen Plaistow.
Oliver Knussen Songs without Voices (Book I) Simon Holt .. .era madrugada
Anthony Payne Empty Landscape - Heart's Ease (BBC commission, first broadcast)
8.15 English Eccentrics Dr Roy Strong is a champion of museums, gardens and fashion. He is perhaps best known as the unorthodox curator of the National Portrait Gallery, cutting a figure as a dandy, dressing in elaborate waistcoats and a felt hat.
We all enjoy attention now and again, but isn't that a bit eccentric?
8.35 Tim Souster Le souvenir de Maurice Ravel
Nicholas Maw La Vita Nuova