Gloucester Cathedral Performance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's 'The Song of Hiawatha' (2.5 hrs) is available briefly on BBC Radio 3 Online; C. Elford interview

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com. We are collaborating with the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation of the U.K., www.SCTF.org.uk]

Charles Elford writes:

Dear All

I did a BBC Radio 3 interview last month as part of the Gloucester 3 Choirs Festival (they performed Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha). You can hear the concert and interview at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039q13l My interview is about 1hr 27 mins in and will be there till Wednesday or Thursday this week.

Charles

BBC RADIO 3

Three Choirs Festival 2013

Peter Nardone conducts The Song Of Hiawatha at Gloucester Cathedral, as part of the Three Choirs Festival 2013.

Catherine Bott presents this concert, which sees Nardone conduct the Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra, in Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song Of Hiawatha. The soloists include Hye-Youn Lee, Robin Tritschler and Benedict Nelson, performing this setting of words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Coleridge-Taylor died in 1912, but The Song Of Hiawatha became very popular after his death, during the years between the two world wars. The concerts were lavishly staged at the Royal Albert Hall, with singers in costume performing to a capacity audience.

With interviews from conductor Peter Nardone and Coleridge-Taylor biographer Charles Elford.

Hye-Youn Lee, soprano
Robin Tritschler, tenor
Benedict Nelson, baritone
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Presenter/ Catherine Bott, Producer / Luke Whitlock for the BBC

Comment by email:

Hi Bill, Thanks for this. It was a wonderful performance. It's a shame it is only up there for a week.  Charles  [Charles Elford]