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- ↑ "ANTONY PITTS – composer | conductor | producer".
- ↑ "Jerusalem-Yerushalayim programme-note from first performance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ↑ "Jerusalem-Yerushalayim synopsis" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ↑ "Jerusalem-Yerushalayim full libretto" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ↑ "June 2008 a Love Story and a True Story". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ↑ "review of first performance etc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ↑ "NameBright - Coming Soon".
- ↑ "Choir of London recent projects". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ↑ Jerusalem-Yerushalayim - An ancient tale, a unique city, a new oratorio
- ↑ "JERUSALEM-YERUSHALAYIM - an oratorio for our times - double album". Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ↑ new double album release
