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ReferencePG/1947/0819

Title

Britten Rape of Lucretia (Excerpts), Henry Purcell: Six Duets, Tonhalle, Zurich

Date19 Aug 1947

DescriptionProgramme for a Chamber Concert presented by the English Opera Group in the Small Room at the Tonhalle in Zurich. Soloists included Pears (tenor), and works by Britten and various other composers were performed. Britten conducted most of the works, except for the premiere of Berkeley Stabat Mater, which was conducted by the composer. There is a corrigendum which does not include Britten the Rape of Lucretia (Excerpts), so it is not clear whether it was performed. The programme includes a short outline of sixteenth and seventeenth century music, biographies of the composers, texts to the works performed, and various commercial advertisements.

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