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Expressing Your Affection
Summary : Simon Russell Beale introduces a selection of WH Auden's poems from the late 1930s, interwoven with musical settings by Britten, Berkeley, Henze and Berstein.
Details : Simon Russell Beale introduces a selection of WH Auden's poems from the late 1930s, interwoven with musical settings by Britten, Berkeley, Henze and Berstein.Simon Russell Beale introduces a selection of WH Auden's poems from the late 1930s, interwoven with musical settings. Britten: Let the florid music praise! (On This Island) Berkeley: Lauds Philip Langridge (tenor) Steuart Bedford (piano) Britten: When you're feeling like expressing your affection Della Jones (mezzo) Steuart Bedford (piano) Britten: Rats Away! (Our Hunting Fathers) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Britten Sinfonia Daniel Harding (conductor) Britten: Nocturne (On This Island) Peter Pears (tenor) Benjamin Britten (piano) Britten: Calypso Della Jones (mezzo) Steuart Bedford (piano) Britten: Hymn (Paul Bunyan) Kenneth Cranham (speaker) Susan Gritton (soprano) Timothy Robinson (tenor) Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Richard Hickox (conductor) Britten: Tell me the truth about love Jill Gomez (soprano) Martin Jones (piano) Henze: In Memoriam LKA 1950-52 Ian Bostridge (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) Bernstein: The Masque (Symphony No 2) Philippe Entremont (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Britten: Hymn for St Cecilia Part III Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Starts 2007-02-18 14:00:00, Ends 2007-02-18 15:00:00 and is on for 60 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

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