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Andrew Motion concludes his series on the Englishness of English music and poetry in the 20th century by exploring the influences of jazz,
Russian ballet, World War II, politics, refugees, popular culture, modernism and post-modernism.
Including music by Lambert, Walton, Bliss, Bridge, Rawsthorne,
Tippett, Maxwell Davies and Martland, poetry by Noel Coward , W H Auden , Louis MacNeice and T S
Eliot, and comments from Michael Finnissy , Anthony Payne , Diana Burrell , John Woolrich and Julian Anderson , poets
Jo Shapcott and Tom Paulin , and Matthew Greenall from the British Music
Information Centre.
A Classic Arts Production

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Andrew Motion
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Maxwell Davies
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Noel Coward
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H Auden
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Louis MacNeice
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Michael Finnissy
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Anthony Payne
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Diana Burrell
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John Woolrich
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Julian Anderson
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Jo Shapcott
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Tom Paulin
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Matthew Greenall
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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