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Michael Berkeley talks to composer
George Benjamin , whose works, including A Mind of Winter and Ringed by the Flat
Horizon, have received worldwide acclaim. One of the most gifted of the younger generation of British composers, Benjamin studied with Olivier Messiaen , and his choices include one of Messiaen's
PoemespourMi, an excerpt from Debussy's opera Pelleas et Melisande, the first of Oliver Knussen 's Songs without Voices and a piece by French composer Gerard Grisey , as well as more familiarworks by Purcell, Bach, Beethoven and Berlioz. Executive producer Wendy Thompson Rptd tomorrow 6.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
George Benjamin
Unknown:
Olivier Messiaen
Unknown:
Oliver Knussen
Unknown:
Gerard Grisey
Producer:
Wendy Thompson
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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