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Final Concert
PURCELL
The Fairy Queen
A concert version devised by PETER PEARS. edited by Benjamin BRITTEN and IMOGEN HOLST
JENNIFER VYVYAN (soprano) MARY WELLS (soprano)
ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto)
JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor)
GEOFFREY MITCHELL (counter-tenor) PETER PEARS (tenor)
OWEN BRANNIGAN (bass)
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL SINGERS
Continuo:
PHILIP LEDGER (harpsichord) BERNARD Richards (cello)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Kenneth Sillito
Conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
From Blylhburgh Church
Part I
Oberon's Birthday
3.30* Night and silence

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Pears.
Edited By:
Benjamin Britten
Edited By:
Imogen Holst
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Unknown:
Geoffrey Mitchell
Bass:
Owen Brannigan
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Leader:
Kenneth Sillito
Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Attendants:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Attendants:
James Bowman,
Attendants:
Geoffrey Mitchell
Phoebus:
Peter Pears
Spring:
Mary Wells
Summer:
James Bowman
Autumn:
Peter Pears
Winter:
Owen Brannigan
Fairy spirits:
Geoffrey Mitchell
Fairy spirits:
Peter Pears
Fairy spirits:
Owen Brannigan
Drunken Poet:
Owen Brannigan
Fairies:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Fairies:
Mary Wells
Night:
Mary Wells
Mystery:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Secrecy:
James Bowman
Sleep:
Owen Brannigan
Source: Radio Times

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