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Ernest Ansermet

BBC One
on BBC One London

talks to John Drummond
Ernest Ansermet, the great Swiss conductor, died in February at the age of eighty-five. In this interview, recorded before Christmas during his last visit to England, he talks about Stravinsky, Debussy, and Ravel, all of whom he knew well, discusses music in our time, and remembers the days when he was principal conductor of Diaghilev's Russian Ballet.

Contributors

Interviewee:
Ernest Ansermet
Interviewer:
John Drummond
Director:
David Heeley
Source: Radio Times

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