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The Selfish Giant

on BBC Radio 4 FM

' Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.
' It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars....'
The children of ST BARNA-BAS AND ST PHILIP'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL, and the LONDON BOY SINGERS, conducted, by ALAN DIXON , present a musical version of the story by Oscar Wilde.
Ian Wallace as the Giant
Recitative HILARY WESTERN Soloists NICHOLAS IMISON , LOUISE MARCEL , SARA OLIVIER , ALEXA HARRIS , MELINA CARRIERE , JACOB CUNNINGHAM
Lyrics by PETER RAPSEY Music composed by ALAN DIXON arranged and conducted by PETER HOPE and DAVID WATTS
Intermezzo for guitar arranged by HECTOR QUINE and played by ERIC HILL Sound TED DE BONO and ROB BAYLY
Producer ALEC REID

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Dixon
Story By:
Oscar Wilde.
Story By:
Ian Wallace
Soloists:
Nicholas Imison
Soloists:
Louise Marcel
Soloists:
Sara Olivier
Soloists:
Alexa Harris
Soloists:
Melina Carriere
Unknown:
Jacob Cunningham
Unknown:
Peter Rapsey
Composed By:
Alan Dixon
Conducted By:
Peter Hope
Conducted By:
David Watts
Arranged By:
Hector Quine
Played By:
Eric Hill
Producer:
Alec Reid

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