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'THE STORY OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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A radio biography in five parts by Christopher Hassall
Music transcribed and arranged by Julius Harrison
Musical adviser, Julian Herbage
Produced by Howard Agg
1-' Journey to London '
Other parts played by: Betty Hardy , Joan Matheson , Hugh Miller , James Mills , and John Rorke
Singers: Veronica Mansfield and Owen Brannigan
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Philharmonia Orchestra (Leader, Max Salpeter )
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
Harpsichord solos by Lucille Wallace
Organist, Geraint Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hassall
Arranged By:
Julius Harrison
Unknown:
Julian Herbage
Produced By:
Howard Agg
Played By:
Betty Hardy
Played By:
Joan Matheson
Played By:
Hugh Miller
Played By:
James Mills
Singers:
John Rorke
Singers:
Veronica Mansfield
Singers:
Owen Brannigan
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Max Salpeter
Conducted By:
Clarence Raybould
Solos By:
Lucille Wallace
Organist:
Geraint Jones
Narrator:
Cecil Trouncer
George Handel:
Stephen Jack
Dorothea Handel:
Blanche Fothergill
George Frideric Handel (as a boy):
David Page
George Frideric Handel (as a man):
Howard Marion-Crawford
Pastor Taust:
Lockwood West
Anna Taust:
Jill Balcon
John Matheson:
Roger Snowdon
Prince Gaston de Medici:
Charles Mason
Domenico Scarlatti:
Robert Rietty

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