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LEDA AND THE SWAN (CONCERT VERSION) op.249A (August 1978)

string quartet
Published by: Highbridge Music
Commissioned by: BBC Omnibus
Note on Lyrics: Scenario for the ballet by the composer and Lynn Seymour, inspired by the W.B.Yeats poem
Duration: 11 mins
First Performance: Originally commissioned as music for a ballet and recorded for BBC Omnibus by the Delme Quartet at Lime Grove 1978

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First recording as a concert work by The Edinburgh String Quartet in 2010 for Naxos.

Released on 26th June 2011. Naxos 8.572688.

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'*LEDA AND THE SWAN (A BALLET FOR TELEVISON)' op.249 (July 1977)
A ballet choreographed by Lynn Seymour

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