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'THE STORY OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

View in Radio Times

A radio biography in five parts by Christopher Hassall
Music transcribed and arranged by Julius Harrison
Music adviser, Julian Herbage
Produced by Howard Agg
2-1 The Man from Hanover '
Other parts played by Betty Hardy , Lockwood West , Hugh Fryce , Joseph O'Connor. James Mills. John Rorke
Singers: Emelie Hooke
Richard Lewis , Alfred Deller and Owen Brannigan
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
Philharmonia Orchestra (Leader. Max Salpeter )
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
Harpsichord solos
by Lucille Wallace
Organist. Geraint Joney

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hassall
Arranged By:
Julius Harrison
Produced By:
Howard Agg
Played By:
Betty Hardy
Played By:
Lockwood West
Played By:
Hugh Fryce
Played By:
Joseph O'Connor.
Played By:
James Mills.
Singers:
John Rorke
Singers:
Emelie Hooke
Unknown:
Richard Lewis
Unknown:
Alfred Deller
Unknown:
Owen Brannigan
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Max Salpeter
Conducted By:
Clarence Raybould
Solos By:
Lucille Wallace
Organist:
Geraint Joney
Narrator:
Cecil Trouncer
Handel:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Dorothea Handel:
Blanche Fothergill
Jacob Heidegger:
Hugh Miller
Joseph Addison:
Carleton Hobos
J S Bach:
Stephen Jack
Aaron Hill:
Keith Pyott
John Gay:
Roger Snowdon
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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