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Smetana's Last Years

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

'Imagine a whirlpool of music in a person who hears nothing!'
An anthology of music, letters and documents from the tragic final years of the founder of Czech music, who died on 12 May exactly 95 years ago. Included in the programme are performances by the GABRIELI QUARTET Of the String Quartet No 2, in D minor, and of the Introduction and Polonaise (Prague Carnival) by the CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by VACLAV TALICH : records

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Conducted By:
Vaclav Talich
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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