(Organised by The British Broadcasting
Corporation)
Relayed from Queen's Hall, London (Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Ltd.)
First Concert
' King Arthur'
A Dramatic Opera by Henry Purcell
The Text adapted from Dryden by PETER CRESWELL , and the Production devised by PETER CRESWELL and JULIAN HERBAGE
The Narrators :
GEORGE SANDERS
DENNIS ARUNDELL
The Singers:
NOËL EADIE
KATE WINTER
ENID CRUICKSHANK
PARRY JONES
NORMAN WALKER
THE B B C CHORUS
Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate
A Section of THE B B C SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Arthur Catterall
Conductor, ADRIAN BOULT
Scene : A Place of Heathen Worship
Scene : The Britons express their Joy for the Victory
Scene : A Marshy Land near the Battlefield
Scene : A Pastoral Masque