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Radio 3,30 Apr 2018,14 mins

SeriesMy Life in Music

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

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Away from the concert platform, five musicians write about the music that has shaped their personal lives. Folk singer/song-writer Chris Wood was a boy chorister at Canterbury Cathedral. The build-up at Christmas time to a performance of the hymn O Come, O Come Emmanuel had both a profound and mundane effect on this eight-year-old child. Producer: Rosie Boulton A Must Try Softer Production

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