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Proms 1992

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Nigel Robson (tenor)
New London Children's Choir; Monteverdi Choir and Instrumentalists
English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner

Handel Israel in Egypt (Part 1: Exodus)

8.10 Defying Death
Paul Driver looks at the literary and musical background to Alexander Goehr's new work, The Death of Moses, with contributions from the composer and the poet John Hollander, who developed the text of the work. Reader John Church.

8.30 Alexander Goehr The Death of Moses (first UK performance)

(Music and Arts: page 6)

Contributors

Counter-tenor:
Michael Chance
Tenor:
Nigel Robson
Singers:
New London Children's Choir
Musicians:
Monteverdi Choir and Instrumentalists
Musicians:
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Presenter (Defying Death):
Paul Driver
Guest (Defying Death):
Alexander Goehr
Guest (Defying Death):
John Hollander
Reader (Defying Death):
John Church
Source: Radio Times

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