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ReferencePG/1952/0121

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Concert programme: English Opera Group on tour

Date21-25 Jan 1952

DescriptionProgramme for an 'English Opera Group presents' concert which was performed in Nottingham, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. Pears (tenor), Britten (piano) and Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) performed works by various composers, and the first night, at the Albert Hall in Nottingham, was the first performance of Britten's Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac. The programme includes an introduction to the aims and achievements of the English Opera Group by the Earl of Harewood, texts to the pieces performed, and various commercial advertisements (including a Ferrier, Britten, Pears recording by Decca and a Britten and Pears recording by HMV).
One copy is signed by Pears, Britten and Ferrier.

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