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Hubert Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens (Last Night of the Proms)

This short, popular work is Parry's ecstatic setting for chorus of Milton's ode, At a solemn Musick. Its dedicatee, Charles Villiers sTanford conducted the premeire in 1887. It returns to the Proms in the centenary year of Parry's death.

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10 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
ChoirBBC Singers
ChoirBBC Symphony Chorus
OrchestraBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorSir Andrew Davis
ComposerHubert Parry