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Performing Britten

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9/10. Owen Wingrave. John Evans talks to conductor Steuart Bedford about Britten's penultimate opera Owen Wingrave , based on a Henry James story about a man with strong pacifist convictions who refuses to go along with his military family's wishes and join the Army, with tragic consequences.

Contributors

Unknown:
Owen Wingrave.
Talks:
John Evans
Conductor:
Steuart Bedford
Unknown:
Owen Wingrave
Unknown:
Henry James
Source: Radio Times

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