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A Child of Lir

BBC Radio 3
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A portrait in words and music of the Irish conductor. composer and pianist Sir Hamilton Harty. whose last work The
Children ofLir is also a personal testament. summing up his feelings towards music. towards Ireland towards life itself.
The programme includes excerpts from some of his recordings, and the voices of DAME ISOBEL BAILLIE . SYDNEY COULSTON , LEONARP HIRSCH. MURIEL LIDDLE. HARRY MORTIMER.
AGNES NICHOLLS (Lady Harty). as well as Harty himself.
Written and presented hy Bernard Keeffe

Contributors

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Sir Hamilton Harty.
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Isobel Baillie
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Sydney Coulston
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Leonarp Hirsch.
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Muriel Liddle.
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Harry Mortimer.
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Agnes Nicholls
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Bernard Keeffe
Source: Radio Times

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