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(Leader, Paul Beard )
BBC Chorus
(Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Orator, Valentine Dyall
Extracts from ' The Iliad,' a Chinese poem by Li-Tai-Po. Walt Whitman's ' Drum-Taps,' and poems by Wilfred Owen and Robert Nichols form the texts of this symphony inspired by the 1914-18 war and dedicated to the memory of the composer's brother.
The work of one who had himself been wounded on the Somme, it is a vivid resurrection of the universal emotions aroused by war which have persisted since the days of antiquity

Contributors

Leader:
Paul Beard
Chorus Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Valentine Dyall
Unknown:
Wilfred Owen
Unknown:
Robert Nichols

A psycho-morality play of modern life, written and produced by Louis MacNeice
Special music for flute and voice devised by William Alwyn
[Starring] James McKechnie and Martita Hunt

Contributors

Produced By:
Louis MacNeice
Unknown:
William Alwyn
Chorus:
Lorna Davis
Chorus and:
Dylan Thomas
Internal voices:
Edric Connor
Internal voices:
Veronica Turteigh
Internal voices:
Robert Farquharson
Internal voices:
Martita Hunt
Internal voices and:
Duncan McLntyre
Aunt:
Ann Codrington
Dr Maintree:
Carleton Hobbs
James Human:
James McKechnie
Vera:
Patricia Hayes
Sophos:
Alexander Sarner
Burkopf:
Rudolph Offenbach
Bron Hackitt:
Hal Thompson
Carol:
Vivienne Bennett
Casey:
Harry Hutchinson

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