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Virgil Thomson

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The veteran American composer and critic is 85 today. To mark the occasion, a programme of his piano music, including two sets of his musical portraits of friends and colleagues, all ' drawn from life (first UK broadcasts) Sonata No 1 Portraits. Album I Sonata No 2 Portraits. Album 3 NIGEL COXE (piano)

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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