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An oratorio by Handel
(edited by Anthony Lewis ) (soprano) (contralto) (counter-tenor)(tenor)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Geraint Jones (organ)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum )
Conducted by Anthony Lewis
Part 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Handel
Edited By:
Anthony Lewis
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Harpsichord:
Thurston Dart
Harpsichord:
Geraint Jones
Leader:
David McCallum
Conducted By:
Anthony Lewis
Theodora, a Christian lady:
Margaret Ritchie
Irene, her companion:
Anne Wood
Roman officers: Didimus:
Alfred Deller
Roman officers: Septimus:
William Herbert
Valens, President of Antioch:
George James

Symphony No. 1, in A minor played by the National Orchestra of the New Zealand
Broadcasting Service
Conducted by Michael Bowles
(Recording made available by courtesy of the National Broadcasting Service of New Zealand)
Douglas Lilburn , who was born at Wanganui, New Zealand, in 1915, studied at the University of Christchurch and later at the Royal College of Music, London, with Vaughan Williams and R. 0. Morris. In 1949 he was awarded the Cobbett Prize for his Fantasy Quartet. His First Symphony was written between 1946 and 1948, although the composer says that some of the material dates from earlier years. There are three movements: Allegro ma non troppo. Andante con moto, and Allegro Deryck Cooke

Contributors

Conducted By:
Michael Bowles
Unknown:
Douglas Lilburn
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Deryck Cooke

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