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BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA

on BBC Home Service Basic

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Leader, Laurance Turner
Conducted by Maurice Johnstone
Gordon Jacob 's Passacaglia on a Well-Known Theme needs no more by way of explanation than to point out that it is a series of variations built up on a ground bass, one that runs through the whole series with practically no change from its opening statement. But the variety of colour and interest with which the composer contrives to invest so simple a theme is characteristic of his mastery of the orchestra and his inventive fertility.

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Leader:
Laurance Turner
Conducted By:
Maurice Johnstone
Unknown:
Gordon Jacob

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