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| | Program Notes - September 25 and 27 |
 | | The soloists were Heather Harper, Peter Pears, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, with the Coventry Festival Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, and the boys' choirs of Holy Trinity, Leamington, and Holy Trinity, Stratford. |
 | | Even though one of the soloists Britten had chosen, the famous Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, was unable to appear due to the refusal of the Soviet authorities to let her out of Russia, Heather Harper gave a stellar performance. |
 | | As for the men, Peter Pears and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau were legendary in their roles, captured on a well-known recording made in January 1963. |
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