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Mining the Archive

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John Amis recalls the young Australian pianist Noel Mewton-Wood with the help of contributions from Norman Del Mar, Desmond Shaw Taylor, Sir Michael Tippett and Lord Harewood, with Liszt from a BBC archive recording and a complete performance of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No.1 from one of the few recordings made by the pianist before his tragic death, aged 31, in 1953.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Amis
Speaker:
Norman Del Mar
Speaker:
Desmond Shaw-Taylor
Speaker:
Michael Tippett
Speaker:
Lord Harewood
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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