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.