Michael Berkeley on new oratorio Or Shall We Die?

Title

Michael Berkeley on new oratorio Or Shall We Die?

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:52

Description

Interview with composer Michael Berkeley, son of Sir Lennox Berkeley, on his new oratorio on the nuclear weapon threat Or Shall We Die?, with libretto by Ian McEwan, which premieres at The Royal Festival Hall this evening and has as its central theme a mother finding her daughter burnt at Hiroshima. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Michael Berkeley

Keywords

Nuclear weapons; Atomic bomb victims; Hiroshima; Classical music; Composers; Michael Berkeley; Lennox Berkeley; Or Shall We Die?; Ian McEwan

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