Michael Bakewell Let's Make A Festival

Afternoon Play: Let's Make a Festival Wed 14th Jun 2006, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM The early years of the Aldeburgh Festival, viewed through the eyes of Benjamin Britten himself and the women who helped create it.   By Michael Bakewell. Music by Oakfield Preparatory School Choir, the Minims, director of music Maggie Vincent   Producer/Director Celia de Wolff   Benjamin Britten: Nicholas Farrell Beth Britten: Sarah Badel EM Forster: David Collings Margery Spring Rice: Judy Parfitt Elizabeth Sweeting: Sylvestra Le Touzel Fidelity Cranbrook: Lizzy Melnnemy Mary Potter: Teresa Gallagher Imogen Holst: Amanda Root Anne Wood: Rachel Atkins Reporter: Keith Drinkel Miss Hudson: Jane Whittenshaw The first Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts was held from 5th to 13th June 1948 with a varied programme of choral, orchestral and chamber concerts, recitals, exhibitions and lectures and three performances of Britten's opera Albert Herring.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.