Messiah by Haendel - He shall feed his flock - Norma Procter

He shall feed his flock from Messiah by Haendel sung by contralto Norma Procter and soprano Sheila Armstrong

Conductor: Leopold Stokowsky
London Symphony Orchestra

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• Haendel
• Oratorio
• He
• shall
• feed
• his
• flock
• Norma
• Procter
• Sheila
• Armstrong
• Stokowsky
• London
• Symphony
• Orchestra
• contralto
• Classical

[tarstan]

I became aware of Norma Procter indeed through Rule Britannia at the Last Night of the Proms 1970-something. The impression she made on me as a young teenager should have rung alarm bells for my mother... . Gorgeous voices.

[andigrim007]

@tarstan Should have?

[Tenortalker]

This may come as a surprise to those who only know Norma Proctor through 'Rule Britannia' at the Proms. She was a really fine singer and it would be nice to see more of her performances posted on youtube. Sheila Armstrong ( the soprano) was lovely too!

[andigrim007]

@Tenortalker I will try to clean up few Lieder by Brahms and Mahler

from an LP I still have.

I love her voice and personality!

[Tenortalker]

Thanks andigrim! Norma Proctor's Mahler was legendary, but i would cherish hearing some Brahms. Back in the late 1980's i slipped into the audience of a masterclass she was giving to young female singers at the RNCM. The class was mostly on Brahms lieder and her advice was as moving as her singing. I believe she taught for many years at Leeds College of Music. I was told that ill health brought her impressive international career to an early end. A pity!

[77Opera]

Quelle merveille!

[MrIV74]

Oh what a glorious voice. A new one to me... Thanks so much for this posting. The sound quality is extraordinary....

[rausy]

not only does Norma have a unusually beautiful regal tone she and Sheila Armstrong had amazing vocal and breath control. perfect pitch and legato

great singing and very musical. Wish I could reach such heights of vocal mastery.

[chokedad]

What a sublime performance. I have to say I had never really appreciated Norma Proctor's artistry before. What a voice! Not at all for baroque purists of course, and not at all what I was expecting of Stokowsky, either, who I thought would be too 'hammy'. Who is singing in 'Come unto Him?' Sheila Armstrong?

[madgeson]

What agreat voice! Thanks Norma!