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The Proms: Purcell: The Fairy Queen

BBC Radio 3
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Tonight: from the Royal Albert Hall London

A concert version devised by Peter Pears, edited by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) Mary Wells (soprano) Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) James Bowman (counter-tenor) Charles Brett (counter-tenor) Peter Pears (tenor) Ian Partridge (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Owen Brannigan (bass)
Wandsworth School Choir, Director of Music Russell Burgess
Philip Ledger (harpsichord)
Kenneth Heath (cello continuo)
English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten

Part 1
Oberon's Birthday Night and Silence

(This Week's Proms: page 14)

Contributors

Devised by:
Peter Pears
Edited by:
Imogen Holst
Edited by/Conductor:
Benjamin Britten
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Soprano:
Mary Wells
Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Counter-tenor:
James Bowman
Counter-tenor:
Charles Brett
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Bass:
Owen Brannigan
Singers:
Wandsworth School Choir
Director of Music:
Russell Burgess
Harpsichordist:
Philip Ledger
Cellist:
Kenneth Heath
Musicians:
English Chamber Orchestra
Source: Radio Times

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