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BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Stephen Sondheim
"Writing music takes more talent, but writing lyrics takes more courage" Johnny Mercer.
Mark Steyn considers Sondheim as a lyricist, with excerpts from the original Broadway cast recordings of West Side Story, A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum, Gypsy, Sunday in the Park with George,
Do I Hear a Waltz?, Follies and Sweeney Todd. Records

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Stephen Sondheim
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Johnny Mercer.
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Mark Steyn
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Sweeney Todd.
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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