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Massenet
The Last Sleep of the Virgin (La Vierge) ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by StR THOMAS BEECHAM
Stances; Un Adieu MARTYN HILL (tenor)
JOHN CONSTABLE (piano)
Manon: Act III Scene 2; Act V: SOLOISTS
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE OPÉRA-COMIQUE, PARIS conducted by PIERRE MONTEUX : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Str Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Pierre Monteux

Roberto Bravo (piano) Jacqueline Currie (sop) Stephen Ralls (piano)

Chopin Polonaise in C minor, Op 40 No 2; Waltz in A flat, Op 69 No 1; Waltz in A flat, Op 34 No 1

Messiaen Poemes pour Mi

Chopin Scherzo No 3. in C sharp minor, Op 39

(Rpt)

Contributors

Pianist:
Roberto Bravo
Soprano:
Jacqueline Currie
Pianist:
Stephen Ralls

Songs by Dufay. Ockeghem, Frye and others, from this unique heart-shaped manuscript (c 1475) THE CONSORT OF MUSICKE director ANTHONY ROOLEY
David Fallows introduces the programme, and in the interval talks about the late-loth-century song repertory and rondeau form. (Music from a con-cert given in association with Wilson's Brewery)

Contributors

Director:
Anthony Rooley
Introduces:
David Fallows

Salvador Dali and his Witnesses
"I am not businessman, not painter, not entertainer but perhaps the only living genius of today." (Dali)

A portrait presented by Edward Lucie-Smith with the voice of the artist and contributions from Louis Allen, J.G. Ballard, Alain Bosquet, Sir Hugh Casson, Fleur Cowles, Conroy Maddox, George Melly, Raphael Martinez Nadal, Sir Roland Penrose, Sir John Rothenstein, Dr Charles Rycroft

Readers Sean Barrett and Angel Garcia Gomez

View: page 74

Contributors

Presenter:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
J. G. Ballard
Unknown:
Alain Bosquet
Unknown:
Sir Hugh Casson
Unknown:
George Melly
Unknown:
Raphael Martinez Nadal
Unknown:
Sir Roland Penrose
Unknown:
Sir John Rothenstein
Unknown:
Dr Charles Rycroft
Reader:
Sean Barrett
Reader:
Angel Garcia Gomez
Radiophonic Music:
Malcolm Clarke
Producer:
Judith Bumpus

Opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by PETER PEARS and THE COMPOSER, based on SHAKESPEARE'S play
The English Music Theatre Company production at the Aldeburgh Festival, direct from
The Snape Mailings
ENGLISH MUSIC THEATRE ORCHESTRA, leader LEVINE ANDRADE. conducted by STEUART BEDFORD Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Peter Pears
Leader:
Levine Andrade.
Conducted By:
Steuart Bedford
Oberon, King of the Fairies:
David James
Tytania. Queen of the Fairies:
Maria McLaughlin (sop)
Puck:
Mike Chubb (spoken)
Fairies (trebles) : Cobweb.:
Timothy Orchard
Peaseblossom:
Jonathan Watson
Mustardseed:
Christopher Atkinson
Moth:
Martin Warr
Lysander, in love with Hermia:
Neil MacKie (tenor)
Demetrius, also in love with Hermia:
Richard Jackson (bar)
Hermia, in love with Lysander:
Kate Flowers (sop)
Helena, in love with Demetrius:
Helen Walker (sop)
Bottom, a weaver:
Roderick Kennedy
Quince, a carpenter:
Harry Coghill (bass)
Flute, a bellows-mender:
Adrian Thompson (tenor)
Snug a joiner:
Matthew Best (bass)
Snout, a tinker:
Anthony Attwell (tenor)
Starveling, a tailor:
Glyn Davenport (bar)
Theseus, Duke of Athens:
Michael Bauer (bass)
Hippolyta his bride:
Nuala Willis (mezzo-Sop)

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