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Fairest Isle: A Dance to the Music of Time

BBC Radio 3
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In Anthony Powell's twelve part sequence of novels, cabaret songs, dance bands and modern symphonies rub shoulders with each other. Powell was a close friend of composer Constant Lambert and offers a comic and at times chilling portrait of musical circles in the 30s. Jeremy J Beadle investigates.

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Presenter:
Jeremy J Beadle
Producer:
Anthony Sellors
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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