Martin, Le Vin herbé. BBC Radio Broadcast

Scope and Content

Partial audio recording of a BBC Third Programme broadcast, Twentieth Century Choral Music, 28 April 1958.
The tape contains an incomplete recording of Frank Martin, Le Vin herbé (1938-1941).
Conducted by Walter Goehr. With Richard Lewis; Magda László; Helen Watts; Una Hale; Bruce Boyce; Janet Baker; Gerald English; George James; the Ambrosian Singers; Emanuel Hurwitz; Ivor McMahon; Quintin Ballardie; Harold Harriott; Terence Weil; Joy Hall; Stuart Knussen; Charles Spinks; and William Reid.
The recording fades out at Act III scene 4.

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

1/4" analogue audio tape; playback at 7 1/2 ips. Access is available via digital surrogate.

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Bibliography

Further information about the broadcast is available on the BBC Genome website https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7f0b0aec9c8745f1be86fd33f793fb2e

Additional Information

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