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Man of Action

on BBC Radio 3

Sir Brian Pippard is one of our leading physicists; since 1971, he has been Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge, where much of the progress tn scientific research in the last two centuries has had Us origin - beginning with Newton.
He Is also no mean pianist, and this afternoon his choice of music includes Lipatti playing Bach and Ashkenazy playing Mozart - as well as Gracie Fields ' Singin' in the Bathtub '! gramophone records

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Sir Brian Pippard

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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