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Canticle IV - The journey of the Magi for counter-tenor, tenor, baritone and piano, Op.86
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor)
Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)
Performer: Chris Ainslie (Counter-tenor)
Date of broadcast: 17 January 2013
Three kings: three voices. One of Britten's later works - from 1972 - it's complex and simple. To Eliot's poem, Britten adds colour, uncertaintly, and stumbling camels: what will be at journey's end?
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor)
Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)
Performer: Chris Ainslie (Counter-tenor)
Performer: Benedict Nelson (Baritone)
Recording date: 11 April 2012
Date of broadcast: 17 January 2013
