Reflections of a Dead Queen
A dramatic song-cycle by John Dankworth with text by Eleanor Bron, based on the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I of England. It was specially written for: Lissa Gray and Elizabeth Leigh-Howard (sopranos), John Marson (harp), Leslie Pearson (harpsichord and organ)
Eleanor Bron introduces the work, and reads her poems.
(A recording of the first performance at St John's, Smith Square, London, on 4 April 1973)