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Choir Works

BBC Radio 3
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Fifty years ago today the Allies bombed Dresden.
Four years before that the Germans bombed Coventry, destroying the 14th-century cathedral. Brian Wright introduces two pieces written in response to these tragedies.
Strauss Metamorphosen Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor
Herbert von Karajan Britten War Requiem
Faye Robinson (soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor)
Bryn Terfel (baritone) Boys of Winchester Cathedral Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
BBC Welsh Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox
Producer Gautam Rangarajan

Contributors

Introduces:
Brian Wright
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Soprano:
Faye Robinson
Tenor:
Martyn Hill
Baritone:
Bryn Terfel
Producer:
Gautam Rangarajan
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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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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