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The Lively Arts

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Edinburgh International Festival 1977
BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for a live relay of the first half of the opening concert from the 31st Edinburgh International Festival.
The programme has been chosen as a tribute to Benjamin Britten and includes the first performance on television of Phaedra - a dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra. This work, written for tonight's soloist Dame Janet Baker , has been hailed as one of the major achievements of BRITTEN'S last years.
National Anthem (arr Britten) Britten Sinfonia da Requiem Britten Phaedra soloist Janet Baker
Walton Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten
Scottish National Orchestra leader EDWIN PALING conductor Sir Alexander Gibson Introduced direct from the Usher Hall by KENNETH ROY
Sound IAN DUNN
Lighting JOHN MCCAW
Director JAMES HUNTER BBC Scotland
(NextweekinThe Lively Arts a documentary profile of James Herriot )

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Janet Baker
Soloist:
Britten Phaedra
Soloist:
Janet Baker
Soloist:
Walton Improvisations
Leader:
Edwin Paling
Conductor:
Sir Alexander Gibson
Unknown:
James Herriot
Source: Radio Times

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