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'MENDELSSOHN'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Scenes from the life of the composer by Robert Gittings , with Basil C. Langton as Felix Mendelssohn and Peggy Ashcroft as Fanny, his sister. Produced by Stephen Potter
Other parts played by Peter Cushing , Edana Romney. Bernard Rebel, Carleton Hobbs , and Alexander Samer. BBC Orchestra and Chorus, under the direction of Sir Adrian Boult

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gittings
Unknown:
Basil C. Langton
Unknown:
Felix Mendelssohn
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Produced By:
Stephen Potter
Played By:
Peter Cushing
Played By:
Edana Romney.
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Alexander Samer.
Unknown:
Sir Adrian Boult
Abraham, his father:
Malcolm Keen
Leah, his mother:
Susan Richards
Queen Victoria:
Pauline Wynne
Prince Albert:
Austin Trevor
Klingemann:
G R Schjelderup
Moscheles:
Deryck Guyler
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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