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Tender is the North: Peer Gynt

BBC Radio 3
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Ibsen's dramatic poem with music by Grieg, live from the Scandinavian
Festival at the Barbican Hall, London.
Barbara Bonney (soprano) Hakan Hagegard (baritone)
Tallis Chamber Choir
Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
Part 1

8.15 Names Never Hurt You: Gunnar Pettersson discusses why some countries lay down the law on naming names.

8.35 Part 2
(In association with the Barbican Centre and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, London)

Contributors

Mountain King:
John Shrapnell
Soprano:
Barbara Bonney
Baritone:
Hakan Hagegard
Peer:
Simon Callow
Anitra:
Joanne Pearce
Asa:
Susie Engel
Singers:
Tallis Chamber Choir
Musicians:
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Speaker (interval talk):
Gunnar Pettersson
Source: Radio Times

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