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Bach: Christmas Oratorio

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FELICITY PALMER (soprano). ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor) JOHN CAROL CASE (baritone) HAMPSTEAD CHORAL SOCIETY
Continuo: BARBARA HILL (harpsichord) JOHN LANGDON (organ) LONDON BACH ORCHESTRA led by NONA LIDDELL conductor MARTINDALE SIDWELL
(A public concert given in the Royal Festival Hall. London, on 15 December)
Part 1
8.0* Three Christmas Sermons The Birthday of the Lord by ST AUGUSTINE read by BRIAN HAINES Omnipotence in Bonds by CARDINAL NEWMAN read by CARLETON HOBBS The Birth of our Lord
A sermon broadcast in the Third Programme by MONSIGNOR RONALD KNOX on Christmas Day, 1950
8.20* Bach: Christmas Oratorio Part 2
(Stereo)

Contributors

Soprano:
Felicity Palmer
Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Tenor:
Alexander Young
Baritone:
John Carol Case
Harpsichord:
Barbara Hill
Harpsichord:
John Langdon
Conductor:
Nona Liddell
Conductor:
Martindale Sidwell
Unknown:
St Augustine
Read By:
Brian Haines
Unknown:
Cardinal Newman
Read By:
Carleton Hobbs
Programme By:
Monsignor Ronald Knox
Source: Radio Times

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