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Thurston Dart talks about the founder of the English madrigal school, who was born c. 1557
The talk includes some of Morley's Consort Lessons (1599), played during the original productions of Twelfth Night and other Shakespeare plays, now receiving their first modern performance with their original instrumentation.
Carl Pint (violin)
Wilfred Smith (bass flute)
Robert Donington (bass viol)
Julian Bream (lute)
Desmond Dupr (cittern)
Freddie Phillips (pandora)

Contributors

Talks:
Thurston Dart
Violin:
Carl Pint
Bass:
Wilfred Smith
Bass:
Robert Donington
Unknown:
Julian Bream
Unknown:
Desmond Dupr
Unknown:
Freddie Phillips

by Ingeborg Bachmann
Translated from the German by Christopher Holme
Incidental music composed by Hans Werner Henze
Production by Douglas Cleverdon
(Continued in next column)
Music recorded by the Orchestra of Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Conductor, Harry Hermann Spitz

Contributors

Unknown:
Ingeborg Bachmann
Unknown:
Christopher Holme
Composed By:
Hans Werner Henze
Production By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Conductor:
Harry Hermann Spitz
Narrator:
James McKechnie
Robinson:
Richard Hurndall
The Prisoner:
William Squire
Antonio:
Hugh David
Benedict:
Neville Hartley
Mrs Helen Brown:
Grizelda Hervey
Mr Charles Brown:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Salvatore:
Ian Lubbock
Prince Ali,:
Roger Delgado
Jeannette:
Barbara Couper
Stefano:
John Hall

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