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4 Cabaret songs

Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Jennifer Johnston (Mezzo)
Performer: Alisdair Hogarth (Piano)
Recording date: 09 March 2013
Date of broadcast: 15 October 2013

Imagine: a smoky 1930's cabaret in Soho; a 22-year-old Ben Britten's at the tinkling piano. The singer starts: "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone..." and the crowd hushes.

Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Jennifer Johnston (Mezzo)
Performer: Alisdair Hogarth (Piano)
Recording date: 09 March 2013
Date of broadcast: 15 October 2013

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