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Landscapes of the Mahabharata

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

In 1983, the jazz musician
Kim Menzer was sent to India by Peter Brook to learn the 'nadaswaram', the south Indian oboe, for the forthcoming production of Brook's
Mahabharata. He talks to
David Epps about the power of that instrument and the many others he has collected. Producer SIMON BROUGHTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Kim Menzer
Unknown:
Peter Brook
Unknown:
David Epps
Producer:
Simon Broughton
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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