The first of three programmes of settings of words by the American poet Walt Whitman.
Delius Sea Drift John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus RPO/Richard Hickox
Roy Harris Symphony for Voices
BBC Singers/Simon Joly Vaughan Williams Three Poems by Walt Whitman
Peter Savidge (baritone) Roger Steptoe (piano) William Schuman
Carols of Death
BBC Singers/Simon Joly Hamilton Harty
The Mystic Trumpeter Brian Rayner Cook
(baritone); BBC Singers BBC Concert Orchestra/ John Poole