An oratorio by Handel
(Edited by Anthony Lewis )
Theodora, a Christian lady
Margaret Ritchie (soprano)
Irene, her companion
Anne Wood (contralto)
Roman officers:
Didimus
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Septimus.....William Herbert (tenor)
Valens, President of Antioch
George James (bass)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Geraint Jones (organ)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum )
Conducted by Anthony Lewis
(Concert given by the City Music Society in collaboration with the BBC. Broadcast from the Goldsmiths' Hall, Fetter Lane. London, by permission of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths)
(George James broadcasts by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
A studio performance : March 24
See ' Music Diary
Part 1