Christmas Oratorio
0 Cantatas 1, 2. and 3 Conducted by Benjamin Britten
Heather HARPER (soprano) HELEN WATTS (contralto) PETER PEARS (tenor)
JOHN Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Ambkosian Singers Cuntinuo:
Alan Brown (organ)
Philip Ledger i harpsichord) Martin Gatt i bassoon)
Bernard Richards (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)
English Chamber ORCHESTRA Leader. Emanuel Hurwitz
Christians be joyful
11.55* And there were shepherds in the same country
12.26' Hear. King of Angels, though falter our voices
Second broadcast
Presented by the Third Programme before an invited audience in St. Andrews Church. Holborn. on December 17