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by Euripides
English translation and radio production by Raymond Raikes
Music composed by Anthony Bernard
Cast in order of speaking and singing:
Chorus of young women from Chalkia: sung by the London Chamber Singers, and spoken by Jill Balcon. Betty Baskcomb , Nicolette Bernard. Grizeida Hervey. Sarah Leigh , and Susan Richards
London Chamber Singers
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper)
Conducted by Anthony Bernard

Contributors

Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Composed By:
Anthony Bernard
Spoken By:
Jill Balcon.
Spoken By:
Betty Baskcomb
Spoken By:
Nicolette Bernard.
Spoken By:
Grizeida Hervey.
Spoken By:
Sarah Leigh
Spoken By:
Susan Richards
Leader:
Andrew Cooper
Conducted By:
Anthony Bernard
Narrator:
Frederick Allen
Agamemnon, son of Atreus, King of Argos and commander of all the Greek forces:
Carleton Hobbs
An old man slave of Agamemnon:
Franklyn Bellamy
Menelaus, King of Sparta. Agamemnon's brother and husband of Helen of Troy:
Howard Marion-Crawford
A messenger from Mycenae, slave of Clytremnestra:
Charles Leno
Clytemnestra, queen-wife of Agamemnon and sister of Helen of Troy:
Vivienne Chatterton
lphigeneia, eldest daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Orestes:
Hermione Hannen
Achilles, son of Peleus and the goddess Thetlis and leader of the Myrmidons of Phthia:
John Slater

Margaret Ritchie (soprano)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Norman Walker (bass)
George Miles (organ)
BBC Midland Chorus
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Maurice Clare )
Conducted by Josef Krips
Part 1
This concert is broadcast tonight from the Main Hall, Nuffield House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (by kind fermission). It was previously broadcast on July 27 from the King's Lynn Festival.

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Ritchie
Contralto:
Kathleen Ferrier
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Bass:
Norman Walker
Bass:
George Miles
Leader:
Maurice Clare
Conducted By:
Josef Krips

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