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Composer of the Week: John McCabe

BBC Radio 3
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One recurring source of inspiration to McCabe has been landscape, both real and imagined. Today Donald Macleod and John McCabe conclude their series of conversations with an examination of how these influences manifest themselves in his music.
January Sonatina
David Campbell (clarinet) Cloudcatcher Fells
Britannia Building Society Band, conductor Howard Snell
Symphony No 4 (Of Time and the River) BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
John McCabe
Clarinet:
David Campbell
Conductor:
Howard Snell
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Source: Radio Times

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