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The Christies of Glyndebourne

BBC Radio 3
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An eight-part series in which Sir
George Christie , present owner and chairman of Glyndebourne, traces the history of the festival in conversation with James Naughtie. 4: Consolidation and Renewal
The fifties saw the emergence at Glyndebourne of its first "home-grown" conductor, John Pritchard , who was eventually to become the festival's musical director. Sir
George Christie talks about this much-loved Glyndebourne figure and the designers who worked at
Glyndebourne during a period which saw the festival moving in a new direction, towards a Baroque revival. With excerpts from Mozart's Idomeneo, Busoni's Arlecchino, Rossini's
Barber of Seville and Monteverdi's
L'lncoronazione di Poppea.

Contributors

Unknown:
George Christie
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Conductor:
John Pritchard
Talks:
George Christie
Source: Radio Times

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