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'SECOND ELIJAH'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A radio portrait of Mendelssohn
Written by Colin Shaw
Doris Gambell (soprano) Margaret Lane (soprano) Raymond Cohen (violin)
Leonard Baker (cello) Keith Swallow (piano)
Manchester Cathedral Choir
(Organist and Master of the Choristers, Allan Wicks )
Manchester St. Cecilia Choir
(Conductor, Marjorie Brown )
BBC Northern Orchestra
(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Narrated by Noel Johnson with John Franklyn Robbins as Mendelssohn and Geoffrey Banks. Sandra Billington
Sian Davies. Norman Partriege
Donald Pleasant. Valerie Skardon
Produced in the BBC's
North of England studios by Arthur Spencer and Colin Shaw

Contributors

Written By:
Colin Shaw
Soprano:
Doris Gambell
Soprano:
Margaret Lane
Violin:
Raymond Cohen
Cello:
Leonard Baker
Unknown:
Allan Wicks
Conductor:
Marjorie Brown
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Unknown:
John Franklyn Robbins
Unknown:
Geoffrey Banks.
Unknown:
Sandra Billington
Unknown:
Sian Davies.
Unknown:
Norman Partriege
Unknown:
Donald Pleasant.
Unknown:
Valerie Skardon
Unknown:
Arthur Spencer
Unknown:
Colin Shaw
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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