Curlew River Britten and librettist
WILLIAM PLOMER adapted a traditional Japanese Noh-play, Sumidagawa, to create this first ' Parabie for Church Performance
The ancient story of a mad-woman's search for her son, performed by an all-male cast, is transferred to an English medieval setting in the Fens. A
The players:
RICHARD ADENEY (flute)
NEILL SANDERS (horn)
OSIAN ELLIS (harp)
JAMES BLADES (percussion)
CECIL ARONOWITZ (viola)
STUART KNUSSEN (double-bass)
PHILIP LEDGER (organ)
Music under the direction of THE COMPOSER and VIOLA TUNNARD gramophone records