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Order No: 55012 Berlioz: Summer nights op. 7 Dvorak: Légendes nos 6-7-9 op. 59 Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major Orchestra: Atelier Lyrique et Orchestral du Centre Conductor: Amaury du Closel Soloist: Margaret McDonald, soprano Originally from Grimsby, UK, soprano Margaret McDonald studied at the Royal Northern College of Music where she was awarded both the Curtis Gold Medal and the Elsie Sykes Fellowship.  After further study in Milan, her career was launched with three seasons spent with Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Glyndebourne Touring Opera. She now combines her role as a vocal  tutor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a highly successful operatic and concert career which, to date, has encompassed a varied and impressive range of performances and commitments. Amaury du Closel studied composition in Paris and conducting at the Mons Conservatory/Belgium and in Vienna. He worked as musical director of the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy. In 1985 he was semi- finalist of the Parma, Tokyo and Besançon competitions and in 1986 he won the 2d International Competition Masterplayers for Young Conductors in Lugano. In 1982  he became Music Director of La Camerata de Versailles, a chamber orchestra with which he gave about 350 concerts throughout Europe. In 1986 he was named Music Director of the Paris Chamber Opera  and in 1988 Music Director of Le Sinfonietta de Chambord. Since 1991, he has been principal guest conductor of the Romanian Radio and Television Chamber Orchestra. Amaury du Closel  has composed more than 25 works, including a chamber opera, concerti for cello, guitar, song cycles, works for solo instruments, orchestral pieces and various chamber music pieces.