Final Concert
PURCELL
The Fairy Queen
A new version for concert performance devised by PETER PEARS edited by BENJAMIN BRITTEN and IMOGEN HOLST
JENNIFER VYVYAN (soprano) MARY WELLS (soprano) ALFREDA HODGSON (mezzo-soprano)
JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) MARTIN LANE (counter-tenor) PETER PEARS (tenor) ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
OWEN BRANNIGAN (bass) STAFFORD DEAN (bass)
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL SINGERS
Philip Ledger
(harpsichord continuo)
Keith Harvey (cello continuo)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted by Benjamin Britten From the Maltings, Snape
Part 1
Oberon's Birthday
3.30* Night and Silence
3.55* The Concert Interval
DONALD MITCHELL talks to BASIL
LAM about Benjamin Britten and Imogen Hoist 's edition of Purcell's The Fairy Queen