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Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva
Profile of the great British contralto Kathleen Ferrier. Contributors include Janet Baker, George Christie, Evelyn Barbirolli and Ian Jack.
Last on
Fri 30 May 201420:00
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:00Kathleen Ferrier
What Is Life?
00:02Kathleen Ferrier
Blow the Wind Southerly
Music Arranger: William Gillies Whittaker.
00:04Kathleen Ferrier
Der Musen Sohn
00:08Kathleen Ferrier
My Bonny Lad
Music Arranger: William Gillies Whittaker.
00:10Kathleen Ferrier
Down By the Sally Gardens
00:11Roger Quilter
To Daises
Performer: Kathleen Ferrier.
00:12George Frideric Handel
Spring Is Coming
Performer: Kathleen Ferrier.
00:13Kathleen Ferrier
Sound the Trumpets
00:16Kathleen Ferrier
Floral Dance
00:18Kathleen Ferrier
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
00:20George Frideric Handel
Messiah
Performer: Kathleen Ferrier.
00:22Kathleen Ferrier
Lucretia
00:24Kathleen Ferrier
Orpheus
00:29Kathleen Ferrier
Spring Symphony
00:31Kathleen Ferrier
Botshaft
00:32Kindertotenlieder
00:34Kathleen Ferrier
Song of the Earth
00:35Kathleen Ferrier
Recital Mahler
00:38Kathleen Ferrier
Song of the Earth
00:40Kathleen Ferrier
I Know Where I'm Goin'
Music Arranger: Herbert Hughes.
00:42Kathleen Ferrier
Poeme de l'amour et de la Mer
00:44Kathleen Ferrier
Have Mercy on Me Lord
00:48Kathleen Ferrier
Der Abschied
00:52Kathleen Ferrier
Orfeo Overture
00:54Kathleen Ferrier
What Is Life?
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Patricia Routledge |
| Presenter | Robert Lindsay |
| Producer | Valerie Croft |
| Director | Suzanne Phillips |
| Writer | Sarah Broughton |
| Participant | Janet Baker |
| Participant | Robert Souhami |
| Participant | Ian Jack |
| Participant | Christopher Fifield |
| Participant | Evelyn Barbirolli |
| Participant | Alan Blyth |
| Participant | John Steane |
| Participant | Marion Thorpe |
| Participant | George Christie |
| Participant | Veronica Dunne |
| Participant | Adele Leigh |
