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Songbirds

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The second of three portraits of great 19thcentury prima donnas in words and music by PEGGY BRANFORD
Narrator STEPHEN THORNE in a rare radio performance, recorded in 1973, Ingrid Bergman touchingly re-creates, the character of her compatriot ' the Swedish nightingale Jenny Lind , whose voice was the wonder of the age. With BETTY BASKCOMB DAVID GOODERSON and CLIFFORD NORGATE
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Music By:
Peggy Branford
Narrator:
Stephen Thorne
Unknown:
Jenny Lind
Unknown:
Betty Baskcomb
Unknown:
David Gooderson
Unknown:
Clifford Norgate
Producer:
Alan Haydock
Jenny Lind (1820-87):
Ingrid Bergman
Source: Radio Times

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