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BACH CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

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Cantatas 4, 5, and 6 Conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN HEATHER HARPER (soprano) HELEN WATTS (contralto) PETER PEARS (tenor)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone)
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
Continuo:
Alan Brown (organ)
Philip Ledger (harpsichord) Keith Harvey (cello)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Cantata No. 4:
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mlt
Loben
Cantata No. 5:
Ehre sei dir, Gott!
Cantata No. 6:
Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
From St. Andrew's Church, Holborn
Broadcast on December 30, 1967

Contributors

Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Contralto:
Helen Watts
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Unknown:
Alan Brown
Harpsichord:
Philip Ledger
Cello:
Keith Harvey
Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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