Sunday 24 December 2006 20:15-21:30 (Radio 3)

For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio. 

WH Auden's postwar passion play is a modern mystery cycle which reinterprets faith for those exposed to the horrors of the Second World War.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Playlist: 

Narrator ...... Rufus Sewell

Mary ...... Emma Noakes

Joseph ...... John Dougall

Gabriel ...... Saikat Ahamed

Herod ...... Joseph Kloska

Wise Man 1 ...... John Rowe

Wise Man 2 ...... Rudolph Walker

Wise Man 3 ...... Peter Marinker

Shepherd 1 ...... Gerard McDermott

Shepherd 2 ...... Mark Straker

Shepherd 3 ...... Paul Richard Biggin

Rachel ...... Bethan Walker

Fugal-Chorus ...... Tracy Wiles

Recitative ...... Damian Lynch

Child ...... Grainne Hails 

Directed by Jessica Dromgoole, David Hunter and Conor Lennon.