British Music Focus
Vaughan Williams's The Wasps
Thursday 8 December 2005 19:30-21:45 (Radio 3)
Andrew McGregor introduces the complete incidental music for The Wasps, by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Composed originally for a 1909 production of Aristophanes' play at Cambridge University, this performance is the first broadcast of a new edition featuring a translation and adaptation by David Pountney.
Duration:
2 hours 15 minutes
Playlist:
Vaughan-Williams: Music to The Wasps of Aristophanes
Procleon/other voices ...... Henry Goodman
Priest ...... Richard Suart (chorus leader)
Chorus of Wasps
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
