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EBU International Concert Season

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

broadcast live throughout Europe from St Paul 's, Knightsbridge. BBC Singers conductor Simon Joly Alison Wells (soprano)
Martyn Parry (organ)
Perry Montague Mason (violin)
Simon Limbrick and Richard Benjafield (percussion)
Britten Christ 's Nativity
(first London performance) Debussy Chansons de Charles d'Orleans
Judith Bingham Irish Tenebrae
8.40 The Fasting Showman by Franz Kafka. A blend of the comic and the grotesque, the Fantasy
Showman's act goes out of fashion - with tragic results. Read by Christopher Ettridge.
9.00 Birtwistle
On the sheer threshold of the night
Poulenc Figure humaine

Contributors

Unknown:
St Paul
Conductor:
Simon Joly
Soprano:
Alison Wells
Soprano:
Martyn Parry
Violin:
Perry Montague Mason
Violin:
Simon Limbrick
Violin:
Richard Benjafield
Unknown:
Britten Christ
Unknown:
Judith Bingham
Unknown:
Franz Kafka.
Read By:
Christopher Ettridge.
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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