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A 70th birthday tribute to
Malcolm Williamson. The programme starts with perhaps his best-known piece, a concert suite from his first opera, based on the Graham Greene novel Our Man in Havana. Williamson's most recent piece With
Proud Thanksgiving, dedicated to former prime minister Harold Wilson , follows his ballet music Perisynthion. The programme ends with the virtuoso third piano concerto. Piers Lane (piano), BBC Concert
Orchestra, conductor Christopher Austin Williamson Suite: Our Man in Havana; Perisynthion; With Proud Thanksgiving; Piano Concerto No 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Williamson.
Unknown:
Graham Greene
Unknown:
Harold Wilson
Conductor:
Christopher Austin
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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