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For God and for Profit

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The last of three programmes on life in medieval Tuscany compiled and introduced by Iris Origo
3: Memento Mori and the voices of MICHAEL GOLDIE , IRENE SUTCLIFFE and MANNING WILSON
Music created by Elizabeth Poston from research carried out by SIGNORA POLL-RAPP and played by the PHILOMUSICA OF LONDON
Conducted by ELGAR HOWARTH with SUSAN DENNIS (soprano)
TIMOTHY PENROSE (counter-tenor) JOHN ELWES (tenor)
ALAN JONES (baritone) and MEMBERS OF THE
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
This last programme shows the merchant facing the horrors of the plague that swept through Tuscany at the end of his life and provoked him into intense religious activity.
Directed by HALLAM TENNYSON

Contributors

Compiled and introduced By:
Iris Origo
Unknown:
Michael Goldie
Unknown:
Irene Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Manning Wilson
Music created by:
Elizabeth Poston
Reasearch:
Signora Poll-Rapp
Conducted By:
Elgar Howarth
Soprano:
Susan Dennis
Countertenor:
Timothy Penrose
Tenor:
John Elwes
Baritone:
Alan Jones
Directed By:
Hallam Tennyson
The merchant, Francesco Datini:
Norman Shelley
His friend,:
Carleton Hobbs
Ser:
Lapo Mazzei
The narrator:
Robert Rietty
Source: Radio Times

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