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A play in verse by Lawrence Durrell
[starring] Jill Balcon

(BBC recording)
(To be repeated on Thursday at 9.20)

Contributors

Author:
Lawrence Durrell
Adapter/Producer:
Terence Tiller
Composer:
Anthony Smith-Masters
Harpist:
Marie Goossens
Tenor:
Rene Soames
Narrator:
John Bryning
Minos:
Arthur Young
Chloe:
Yvonne Hills
Joy:
Ysanne Churchman
Doris:
June Tobin
Diomedes:
T. St. John Barry
Sappho:
Jill Balcon
Kreon:
John Cazabon
Phaon:
Godfrey Kenton
Pittakos:
Noel Johnson

Two programmes, devised by Charles Mackerras and Fritz Spiegl, based on contemporary evidence showing how Mozart's music was performed by singers of his day.

This second programme includes recently found decorated versions of the concert aria 'Non so d'onde viene' (K.294), 'Wenn der Freude Thranen fliessen'€™ (Il Seraglio), and the Count's aria (Le Nozze di Figaro)

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter/Devised By:
Fritz Spiegl
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Tenor:
Alexander Young
Musicians:
The Goldsbrough Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Conductor/Devised by:
Charles Mackerras

by William Sansom
Quotations read by Anthony Jacobs

Mr. Sansom talks about a novel he wrote many years ago called Baby Bountiful. 'Its first and fundamental fault was that it sprang from a funny idea largely unrelated to real life. It postulated an England where a half-mad prime minister introduced emergency measures to increase the population rate...'

Contributors

Speaker:
William Sansom
Reader:
Anthony Jacobs

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