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Janet Baker

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

In four programmes, Dame Janet Baker talks to Brian Kay about her remarkable career, from first successes in Yorkshire to the responsibilities of being an international star.
1: The Life
With contributions from Martin Isepp, John McCarthy, Sir Charles Mackerras and Rodney Milnes, and music from some of Janet Baker's many recordings, including songs by Vaughan Williams, Schubert and Wagner, arias by Bach, Gluck and Handel, Frauenliebe und -leben by Schumann, a scene from Maria Stuarda by Donizetti and Britten's Phaedra.
A Classic Arts production

Contributors

Subject:
Janet Baker
Interviewer:
Brain Kay
Unknown:
Martin Isepp
Unknown:
John McCarthy
Unknown:
Sir Charles MacKerras
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes
Unknown:
Janet Baker
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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