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“It might seem strange that a pacifist and a left-winger would want to write a piece for the Royal family, but that’s how we do things in our country.”

CSO commentator Gerard McBurney discusses Sir Michael Tippett and his English compatriots, this week on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcast.

Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma)
Tippett Suite in D, (Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles)
  Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31
  Robert Tear, tenor
  Dale Clevenger, horn
  Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish)
  Sir Georg Solti, conductor

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