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Big Boxes: Sargent’s Singularly Intelligible Gilbert and Sullivan Returns

David Hurwitz

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To be sung to the tune of Major General Stanley’s […]

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  • SULLIVAN, ARTHUR:
    HMS Pinafore; Trial by Jury; The Pirates of Penzance; Patience; Iolanthe; The Mikado; Ruddigore; The Yeomen of the Guard; The Gondoliers; Overtures ("di ball," "In memoriam"; operettas); Incidental music to "The Tempest" and "The Merchant of Venice"; Cello Concerto; "Irish" Symphony

    Soloists: Owen Brannigan; John Cameron; April Cantelo; John Carol Case; Geraint Evans; Heather Harper; Elizabeth Harwood; Richard Lewis; Elsie Morison; Monica Sinclair; Marjorie Thomas; Helen Watts; Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); others

  • Conductor: Sargent, Malcolm
  • Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
  • Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra

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