Richard Lewis (tenor)
John Kentish (tenor)
John Cameron (baritone)
' George James (bass)
The Goldsbrough Orchestra
(Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz )
Conducted by Charles Mackerras
(George James and Charles Mackerras broadcast by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
Renard was written in Switzerland in 1916-17 and first performed by Diaghilev's Ballet Company at the Paris Opéra in 1922. The text, which describes the wily fox's attempts to catch the cockerel, was adapted by Stravinsky from Russian folk tales.