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Lindbergh's Atlantic Flight

BBC Radio 3
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On the 50th anniversary of this momentous event David Drew talks about the significance attached to it by the general public on the one hand and several contemporary artists and musicians on the other, and introduces a recording of Weill Der Ozeanflug : a cantata with words by BRECHT ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
NEIL HOWLETT (baritone) ROGER STALMAN (bass) BBC CHORUS chorus-master PETER GELLHORN WANDSWORTH SCHOOL BOYS' CHOIR Director of Music
RUSSELL BURGESS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conducted by COLIN DAVIS
(The performance was given in the Royal Festival Hall in 1971) (But 50 years later will Concorde oe allowed to make the return flight? You, the Jury tomorrow 6.15 pm Radio 4)

Contributors

Talks:
David Drew
Unknown:
Weill Der Ozeanflug
Bass:
Roger Stalman
Chorus-Master:
Peter Gellhorn
Leader:
Eli Goren
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Source: Radio Times

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