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Christopher White conductor
Victoria Newlyn director
Michelle Bradbury designer
Simon Corder lighting designer
BRITTEN The Burning Fiery Furnace
‘God, give us all the strength to
stand against the burning, burning
murd’rous world.’
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego are thrown into a
fiery furnace by the Babylonian
king Nebuchadnezzar for
refusing to worship his
golden idol.
First performed at the
Aldeburgh Festival in 1966.