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Programme: Opening Concert for the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies

Date28 Apr 1979

DescriptionWorks performed:
Trad.: The National Anthem; Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Three Excerpts from Apollo e Dafne; Bach: Arioso in G Major; Britten: Scherzo from Sonata in C Opus 65, A Birthday Hansel Opus 92; Bridge: Scherzetto; Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor Opus 20; Haydn: Sonata in F No. 23; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11; Unknown: The Light Blues
Venue:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Performers:
The Snape Training Orchestra, Roger Norrington (conductor), Michael Chance (alto), Peter Pears (tenor), John Hall (tenor), Thomas Hemsley (baritone), James Ottaway (bass), Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello), Simon Nicholls (piano), Terence Judd (piano), Osian Ellis (harp), Wendy Hiller (poetry recital), Percy Edwards (spoken word)
Further Information:
Special concert in the presence of The Queen Mother
In aid of The Blackie Foundation Trust for Homeopathy. First performance of Bridge's 'Scherzetto'.

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