The first in a series of three choral masterpieces with the great Italian conductor Carlo Maria Giulini.
Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Josephine Veasey (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus-Master, Wilhelm Pitz
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Bean

"Predictably magnificent under Giulini" (The Guardian)
"The New Philharmonia Chorus in radiant form" (The Times)

Before the concert begins, Giulini talks to Richard Baker about the three choral works to be televised in the coming weeks - Mozart's Requiem (May 27) and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis (June 3).
Part of a public concert given at the Royal Festival Hall on May 1
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