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A Boy Was Born

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

From King's College, Cambridge.
BBC Singers, Choristers of King's College, Cambridge, Christopher Hughes (organ). Sioned Williams
(harp), conductor Stephen Cleobury Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Judith Bingham Nativity Sequence
7.35 Readings from Britten's letters and diaries relating to the premiere in 1934 of A Boy Was Bom. With recollections from Iris Lemare , who conducted the first public performance, and Anne Wood , a former member of the BBC Singers.
7.45 Britten A Boy Was Born

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hughes
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Unknown:
Judith Bingham
Unknown:
Iris Lemare
Unknown:
Anne Wood
Source: Radio Times

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