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Vaughan Williams and America

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Alain Frogley presents six programmes exploring the composer's little-known transatlantic connections.
4: Absolute Values
As well as writing overtly nationalistic music,
Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries embraced nationalism even when they turned to more abstract forms such as the symphony and string quartet.
Vaughan Williams Violin Concerto in D minor
Copland Piano Variations Vaughan Willams
Symphony No 4 in F minor Barber String Quartet No 1 Roy Harris Symphony No 3 Discs

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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