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Seventy Degrees Below Zero
Composer: Cecilia McDowall
Performers: City of London Sinfonia
Conductor: Stephen Layton
Recording date: 03 March 2012
Date of broadcast: 04 March 2012
Commemorating Scott's South Pole expedition of 1911-12, this work for tenor and orchestra is bleak. A century later, McDowall sets Scott's words of hope and failure to music. The result? Chilling.
Composer: Cecilia McDowall
Performers: City of London Sinfonia
Conductor: Stephen Layton
Recording date: 03 March 2012
Date of broadcast: 04 March 2012
