Shows For A Happy Easter
On Easter Sunday 12th April 2009 I will be adding a program presented by CBS Radio Workshop entitled The Son Of Man. It is a touching presentation produced and directed by William N. Robeson of the words of the Passion and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
All of the words were taken from the four gospels of the New Testament in the King James's version of the bible and arranged for this broadcast by Archibald McLeish. The music is the music of Bach. There are four speaking voices; Herbert Marshall reads the words of St Mark, those of St Matthew by Robert Young, St Luke by Victor Jory and St John by Vincent Price. These with the music make up the play, that is to say the music has an actor's part for Johan Sebastian Bach was himself a witness not to the event but to the meaning of the event.
CBS Radio Workshop produced many programs of historical and educational interest and this no doubt ranks as one of them.
For those who celebrate this religious festival other serious broadcasts of The Passion were presented by Family Theaterand can be heard by clicking the link below.
To keep you entertained over Easter I have put together a list of shows from the Golden Age of Radio from all the genres but relating to the Easter Holiday.
Happy listening my friends,
