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The Childhood of Christ

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A sacred trilogy: words and music by Hector Berlioz

Part I - The Dream of Herod
Part 2 - The Flight into Egypt
Part 3 - The Arrival at Sais
Epilogue

(During the interval, at 19.50 approximately, Alec Robertson continues his commentary on 'The Childhood of Christ')

Contributors

Words and music:
Hector Berlioz
Flautist:
Gerald Jackson
Flautist:
Frank Almgill
Harpist:
Jeanne Chevreau
Singers:
BBC Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Mary:
Isobel Baillie
Joseph:
Roy Henderson
Herod:
Norman Lumsden
Polydorus:
Norman Lumsden
A Centurion:
Stanley Riley
The Narrator:
Emlyn Bebb
The Father of the Family:
Bradbridge White
Speaker (interval:
The Childhood of Christ): Alec Robertson
Source: Radio Times

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