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A Voice is a Person

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

' A violin is an instrument played by a person, a piano's played by a person, but a voice is a person, and Kath's personality was absolutely implicit in her voice.'
Kathleen Ferrier , one of the best loved of all English singers, died 25 years ago this month.
Sir Peter Pears introduces some of her records and recalls the colleague he knew and loved, with other memories of her from ROY HENDERSON , GERALD MOORE , JOHN FRANCIS , BERNIE HAMMOND , WINIFRED FER-PIER and the recorded voices of BENJAMIN BRITTEN and BRUNO WALTER. Producer PATRICIA BRENT

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Ferrier
Introduces:
Sir Peter Pears
Unknown:
Roy Henderson
Unknown:
Gerald Moore
Unknown:
John Francis
Unknown:
Bernie Hammond
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Bruno Walter.
Producer:
Patricia Brent
Source: Radio Times

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