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BBC Radio 3
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Sacred Songs
In the black, dismal dungeon of despair
Begin the song
0. I'm sick of life Awake, ye dead
ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
ROGER NORRINGTON (tenor)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone) JOHN CAROL CASE (baritone)
Charles Spinks (chamber organ and harpsichord continuo)
Bernard Richards (cello continuo)
Broadcast on August 13. 1967

Contributors

Tenor:
Roger Norrington
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Baritone:
John Carol
Baritone:
Charles Spinks
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Source: Radio Times

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