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Leaves of Grass

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Walt Whitman.
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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