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on BBC Radio 3

With Andrew McGregor.

9.30 Building a Library Peter Paul Nash recommends a version of Janacek's String Quartets.

10.35 David Huckvale reviews new releases of film music, including Korngold's score for Devotion and music by Bernard Hermann, Alfred Newman, Miklos Rozsa and Georges Auric.

11.00 An interview with composer Harrison Birtwistle, who talks about Clocks - his piece for solo piano, which has just been recorded by Joanna MacGregor as well as his operas Punch and Judy and The Mask of Orpheus.

11.30 Radio 3's Disc of the Week: Bach St Matthew Passion Ian Bostridge (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Werner Gura (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Choir and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Gent, director Philippe Herreweghe

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Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew McGregor
Presenter (Building a Library):
Peter Paul Nash
Reviewer:
David Huckvale
Interviewee:
Harrison Birtwistle
Producer:
Clive Portbury
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

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