Listen to A Song of Welcome: Welcome! Our May-time Flares, and You Return (chorus) by BBC Symphony Chorus, Dame Joan Sutherland, John Cameron, Philharmonia Orchestra & Arthur Bliss

A Song of Welcome: Welcome! Our May-time Flares, and You Return (chorus)

BBC Symphony Chorus, Dame Joan Sutherland, John Cameron, Philharmonia Orchestra & Arthur Bliss

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BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Chorus

Chor

Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

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John Cameron

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Philharmonia Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchester

Arthur Bliss

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Arthur Bliss

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C. Day Lewis

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PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK

Alec Robertson

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Walter Legge

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