On April 23, Mary Seaburn presented an evening of recorded music entitled "A Double Celebration", depicting both St George's Day and Shakespeare's birthday.
The programme opened in light-heared vein with Stan Freberg's St George and the Dragonet, then Banner of St George by Elgar, followed by Walford Davies' Solemn Melody.
Jubilate Deo by Benjamin Britten was followed by the hymn Praise to God in the Highest to a setting by Sidney Campbell.
The finale of Louis Vierne's first symphony, in D, brought the first half to a close.
The balcony scene from Prokofiev's ballet music Romeo and Juliet opened the second half, and this was followed by an extract from a Ligeti violin concerto.
Alfred Deller, was heard, accompanied by a lute, with songs Full Fathom Five and Greensleeves, and the evening came to a close with part of William Walton's score for the film Henry V.
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