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Composers of the Week: Mozart and the English Mozarts

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1: What Oft Was Thought, but Ne'er So Well Exprest
In the first programme of music by composers nicknamed the English
Mozarts, Roderick Swanston considers how much they were indebted to their great Austrian contemporary.
Mozart Symphony No 1 in E flat, K16 English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
Thomas Unley Violin Concerto in F Elizabeth Wallfisch ,
Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman
Samuel Wesley Symphony No 3 in A Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hilary Davan Wetton Producer Antony Pitts
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roderick Swanston
Director:
Trevor Pinnock
Violin:
Thomas Unley
Unknown:
Elizabeth Wallfisch
Director:
Peter Holman
Director:
Samuel Wesley
Conductor:
Hilary Davan Wetton
Producer:
Antony Pitts
Source: Radio Times

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