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Artist in Focus: Heather Harper
Humphrey Burton talks to soprano
Heather Harper about her involvement in the first performance of Britten's War
Requiem at the new cathedral in Coventry in 1962, and in the gala opening concert of Snape Maltings concert hall in Suffolk.
Handel Ode for St Cecilia's 's Day (excerpt)
With Peter Pears (tenor), English Chamber Orchestra, East Anglian Choirs' Chorus, conductor Benjamin Britten
Beethoven ElegischerGesang , Op.118 With Janet Baker (mezzo),
John Mitchinson (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martin String Quartet Britten War Requiem (excerpts)
With Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), John Cooper (organ), Coventry Festival Chorus, Melos
Ensemble, CBSO, conducted by Meredith Davis and the Composer

Contributors

Unknown:
Heather Harper
Talks:
Humphrey Burton
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Conductor:
Benjamin Britten
Conductor:
Beethoven Elegischergesang
Unknown:
Janet Baker
Tenor:
John Mitchinson
Tenor:
John Shirley-Quirk
Tenor:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Baritone:
John Cooper
Conducted By:
Meredith Davis
Source: Radio Times

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