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Focus on the Fifties

on BBC Radio 3

The first of four programmes in which distinguished musicians look back to the start of their international careers.
Humphrey Burton meets conductor Colin Davis , who began the decade as an unknown clarinettist conducting an amateur orchestra and ended in a blaze of glory at the Royal Festival Hall.
8.20 Vaughan Williams Ten Blake Songs
Poulenc Elegie for horn and piano
Tippett The Heart's Assurance

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Burton
Conductor:
Colin Davis

BBC Radio 3

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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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