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Performance on 3: Momentum - the Music of Mark-Anthony Turnage

on BBC Radio 3

Recorded at the Barbican, London, on Saturday. Turnage's first opera, written between 1986 and 1988, sets Steven Berkoff's play "Greek", a contemporary reworking of the Oedipus myth, in a brilliant and witty score. Presented by John Tusa.
Turnage Greek
London Sinfonietta, conductor Jac van Steen

Contributors

Author:
Steven Berkoff
Presenter:
John Tusa
Musicians:
London Sinfonietta
Conductor:
Jac van Steen
Wife:
Rebecca de Pont Davies (mezzo)
Eddy:
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Mum:
Mary Plazas (soprano)
Dad:
Richard Chew (bass-baritone)

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