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direct from the Parish Church, Thaxted, Essex James Lockhart conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra leader ROY GILLARD
Friday Night's Star Singers Marilyn Hill Smith Anthony Roden
Featured instrumentalist John Wallace (trumpet) and the John McCarthy Singers As part of the 1985 Thaxted Festival the programme includes music from Lohengrin, The Gypsy Baron, A
Midsummer Night's Dream and Ivor Novello's King's Rhapsody. Two highlights are Handel's aria Let the bright seraphim, featuring the trumpet solo of John Wallace, and a performance by the BBC
Concert Orchestra of the ballet music to The Perfect Fool by Gustav Hoist, who had strong connections with Thaxted. Introduced by Robin Boyle Producer BARRY KNIGHT
8.20-8.40* Interval
Robert Bowman remembers Nights at the Opera

Contributors

Leader:
Roy Gillard
Singers:
Marilyn Hill Smith
Singers:
Anthony Roden
Unknown:
John Wallace
Singers:
John McCarthy
Introduced By:
Robin Boyle
Producer:
Barry Knight
Unknown:
Robert Bowman

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