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Sounding the Century: The Year

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A long-term series exploring works first performed in each year of this century. Anthony Burton introduces works first heard during the Festival of Britain in 1951. George Lloyd Overture: John Socman
Alan Rawsthorne Piano Concerto No 2
Vaughan Williams The Pilgrim's Progress (Act 1, Scene 2)
Benjamin Frankel Violin Concerto in Memory of the Six Million (excerpt)
Britten Billy Budd (Finale of Act 1)

Contributors

Presenter:
Anthony Burton
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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