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THE STATION ORCHESTRA : Conductor, JOSEPH LEWIS AMBROISE THOMAS , who died just thirty years ago, was one of the most popular and successful Light Opera and Ballet composers of France until in 1871 his countrymen made him the head of the Paris Conservatoire, after which date he composed practically 'nothing but solfeges and exercises for the examinations.' Fortunately, before this happened, he had already written about twenty Operas and large-scale Ballets full of pleasant turns of melody and piquant turns of orchestration. Raymond was first performed in 1851.

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Conductor:
Joseph Lewis
Conductor:
Ambroise Thomas

5IT Birmingham

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