Performance on 3

Petroc Trelawny presents a specially-recorded concert performance of Elgar's delightful incidental music for the play The Starlight Express. Written during the horrors of the First World War, the drama follows a group of children whose magical 'starlight' quality has been lost by the adults around them.

See the Elgar on Radio 3 pages for more information and programme notes

Playlist

Elgar: The Starlight Express

Elizabeth Atherton (soprano)
Mark Stone (baritone)
Simon Callow (narrator)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Kenneth Richardson (director)

Performance on 3

Episode and Playlist Information

• 14 November 2007
  • The Starlight Express