Have a great one tomorrow. Here's a radio broadcast from Christmas night last year, featuring the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra. First, the collaboration Hymn, originally a spoken-word release by writer Alan Bennett with string quartet backing composed by George Fenton, is re-arranged for choir, with Bennett reading about half of the original-length narrative on his formative musical experiences. It's not a Christmas-focused story as such, but it is a moving insight into mid-20th century Britain. The other work is an old Christmas classic, adapating Dickens for orchestra with narration read here by Stephen Fry. The music was composed by Richard Allain.
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