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Music on 2: Noye's Fludde

on BBC Two England

The Chester Miracle Play set to music by Benjamin Britten
The old Chester play tells the story of Noah and the Ark, the animals, Noah's children, and his wife who was so very uncooperative - until the Flood came.

A chorus of animals and a children's orchestra from East Suffolk Schools organised and trained by Brian Lincoln
English Opera Group Players
leader Peter Mountain
conducted by Steuart Bedford

This English Opera Group production (by arrangement with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden) was staged at The Maltings Hall, Snape, Suffolk, before an invited audience.

(To be shown again at Christmas)
(Radio Times People: page 4)
(Colour)

Contributors

Composer:
Benjamin Britten
Musicians:
Chorus and Children's Orchestra from East Suffolk Schools
Chorus and Children's Orchestra trained by:
Brian Lincoln
Musicians:
English Opera Group Players
Players Leader:
Peter Mountain
Conductor:
Steuart Bedford
Costumes:
Ceri Richards
Setting/Producer:
Colin Graham
Assistant Producer:
Richard Gregson
Make-up:
Shirley Channing-Williams
Lighting:
Tommy Thomas
Sound:
Graham Haines
Director:
Walter Todds
The Voice of God:
Norman Lumsden
Noye:
Owen Brannigan
Mrs Noye:
Sheila Rex
Sem:
Andrew Phillips
Ham:
Richard Cooper
Jaffet:
Marcus Creed
Mrs Sem:
Pauline Barrett
Mrs Ham:
Margaret Perry
Mrs Jaffet:
Francesca Lucy
The Raven:
David Sturgeon
The Dove:
Amanda Gooding
The gossips:
Glynis Bennett
The gossips:
Patsie Cameron
The gossips:
Sharon Cooper
The gossips:
Nicolette Thomson
Property men:
Martin Behling
Property men:
Brian Eade
Property men:
John Hallas
Property men:
Grant Peters
Property men:
Richard Townshend

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