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Belshazzar's Feast

Composer: William Walton
Performers: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Christopher Maltman (Baritone)
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Date of broadcast: 17 July 2015

Belshazzar set himself against the god of Israel and his fate was foretold with - literally - the writing on the wall by a ghostly godly hand. Walton gives us a dramatic choral work with the text from the Bible selected by the poet Osbert Sitwell.

Composer: William Walton
Performers: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Performers: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus
Performers: 成人快手 National Chorus of Wales
Performers: 成人快手 Singers
Performer: Christopher Maltman (Baritone)
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Recording date: 17 July 2015
Date of broadcast: 17 July 2015

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