Plays and Players
4: " We few, we happy few, we happy band of brothers. "Christopher Cook considers nationalism in the theatre. The incidental music for an Alphonse Daudet play about Provengal life contrasts with the music for Henrik Ibsen 's great Norwegian epic Peer Gynt. while WH Auden and Christopher Isherwood focus on the turmoil that comes with living on the edge of a political frontier. Bizet L 'Arlesienne (incidental music) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Matthew Rowe
Saeverud Peer Gynt (excerpts) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Matthew Rowe
Britten On the Frontier (excerpts) BBC Singers, Psappha Ensemble , conductor Stephen Layton