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Soul Music - In The Bleak Midwinter

Daljit Nagra chooses Soul Music – In the Bleak Midwinter originally a poem by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti. From 2004.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive and makes a seasonal choice: Soul Music – In the Bleak Midwinter.

Originally a poem by Christina Rossetti. this carol came into being when Vaughan Williams asked Holst to set the words to music for the English Hymnal. Peggy Reynolds, Ian Bradley and Raymond Head tell the story of a Christmas favourite.

The reader is Cathryn Bradshaw.

Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

30 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 Dec 201917:00
  • Mon 30 Dec 201905:00