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Homage to St George and Shakespeare

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Today is both St George 's Day and the anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 1616. Walton March: A History of the English Speaking PeoPles: LPO/Carl Davis
9.41 Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto: Neil Black
(oboe); ECO/Barenboim
10.10 Mendelssohn
Overture: A Midsummer
Night's Dream
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Mackerras
10.13 Finzi Suite: Love's
Labour's Lost: English
String Orchestra/Boughton
10.41 Berlioz Overture:
King Lear : SNO/Gibson
10.55 Elgar Falstaff-Symphonic Study, Op 68 Halle/Barbirolli
11.31 Harle St George and the Dragon
Jill Gomez (soprano)
Henry Herford (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) John Harle (saxophone) Producer Jillian White

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