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Koussevitzky and the American Melting Pot
2: The Conductor. Although remembered as one of the world's great conductors,
Koussevitzky came to the profession late in his career. Geoffrey Smith looks at how he established his reputation in Paris in the 1920s and turned his interest to the new musical trends in France.
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Boston SO, conductor Serge Koussevitzky Debussy La Mer BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Kazushi Ono Roussel Symphony No 3 BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Honegger Symphony No 5 (Di Tre Re) BBCSO, conductor Leonard Slatkin

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Conductor:
Serge Koussevitzky
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
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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