A Christmas Oratorio part 1

[francesca]

I downloaded this part of radio broadcast some time ago from our late lamented sister site.
W.H.Auden wrote this as a memorial to his mother and it is set to music.
It sounds like Rufus reading the introduction and then later definitely reads a beautifully evocative piece of prose about the author's memories of his child hood during WW11
After that, other readers take over and it becomes a bit incomprehensible and the music discordant..
I have listened to this several times and while I can 'Roof' through it, I find it very frustrating.

I have not seen any reviews of this on site
so:---
Has anybody heard either this in whole or in part ?
Does Rufus read any more of it ?
Is the rest of it any more understandable?
and can you explain the rest to me?

[kygal]

I remember listening to part of this at the sister site a long time ago. Cant answer any of your questions. Did not listen to much of it.