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A concert live from the Barbican Centre in London, celebrating the musical friendship between Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich a quarter of a century after their deaths.
Barry Douglas , BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Britten An American Overture; Piano Concerto
8.15 Twenty Minutes: Never Go Back Amanda Vickery talks to four women novelists about leaving the North.
1: Margaret Drabble talks about her novel Jerusalem the Golden. With readings by Clare Price.
8.35 Shostakovich Suite from "Katerina
Izmailova"
Britten Russian Funeral March for brass and percussion; Sinfonia da Requiem

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Dmitri Shostakovich
Unknown:
Barry Douglas
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Talks:
Amanda Vickery
Talks:
Margaret Drabble
Unknown:
Shostakovich Suite
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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