Event listing: Ludus Baroque: Christmas Oratorio | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Fri 14 Dec 2012 at 19:15

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Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9JG, United Kingdom

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Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle	Conductor
Katherine Manley	Soprano
Tim Mead	Countertenor
Ed Lyon	Tenor
William Berger	Baritone

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Alan Coady, 14th December

In brief introductory remarks, founder and director of Ludus Baroque Richard Neville-Towle outlined three significant features of the performance. The indicated presence of a crib signified that this was to be a devotional performance, and being able to make sense of this is possibly what divides the faithful from the faithless.

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