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A Land without Music?

BBC Radio 3
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Andrew Motion explores the Englishness of English music and poetry in the 20th century. Today, pastoralism and the influence of the folk tradition, Tudor models and Purcell. With music by Vaughan Williams ,
Butterworth, Tippett.
Warlock, Britten, Finzl,
Hoist, Birtwistle and Finnissy, and poetry from Gerard Manley Hopkins to Ted Hughes.
A Classic Arts production

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Motion
Music By:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Ted Hughes.
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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