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BACH Christmas Oratorio

on Network Three

Cantatas 1, 2, and 3 Conducted by Benjamin Britten
HEATHER HARPER (soprano) HELEN WATTS i contralto) PETER PEARS (tenor)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone)
AMRROSIAN SINGERS
Continuo:
Alan Brown (organ)
Philip Ledger (harpsichord) Martin Gatt (bassoon)
Bernard Richards (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass) ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Christians be joyful
8.29* And there were shepherds in the same country
9.0* Hear, King of Angels, though falter our voices
Presented by the Third Programme before an invited audience in St. Andrew's Church. Holborn.
Applications for tickets, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope, should be sent to [address removed]

Contributors

Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Unknown:
Alan Brown
Harpsichord:
Philip Ledger
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz

Network Three

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