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Wandering Minstrels

BBC Radio 3
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In his second programme investigating the music behind the Savoy operas, Geoffrey Smith uncovers the pieces Gilbert and Sullivan poked fun at. He looks at Handel parodies in Princess Ida, spoofs of Verdi and Gounod in The Pirates of Penzance, and at The Mikado, in which just about everything is sent up.
Repeat See also Friday 4pm

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Geoffrey Smith
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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