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Sound Stories In New York
This week, Sound Stories visits the world's most exciting city and takes a look at its history through the music that has made it so special. Today, Donald Macleod looks at the 1920s and the extraordinary life of the flamboyant Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld , father of the famous revues, the Ziegfeld Follies. Music includes excerpts from Showboat and The Student Prince, and the singing voices of Julie Andrews ,
Michelle Pfeiffer , Thomas Hampson and Beverly Sills. Producer Kevin Bee

Contributors

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Donald MacLeod
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Florenz Ziegfeld
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Julie Andrews
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Michelle Pfeiffer
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Thomas Hampson
Producer:
Kevin Bee
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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