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Sunday Play: Handel's Ghosts

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By Paul Barz, translated by David Tushingham.

Born in 1685, Georg Friedrich Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach were the foremost composers of their age and almost exact contemporaries. In Handel's Ghosts, they meet for the first and last time in their lives.

Contributors

Author:
Paul Barz
Translated by:
David Tushingham
Harpsichordist:
Martin Parry
Director:
John Adams
Georg Friedrich Handel:
Robert Hardy
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Richard Briers
Johann Christoph Schmidt:
John Wells
Source: Radio Times

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