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Janet Baker
1: The Life
In the first of four programmes,
Dame Janet Baker talks to Brian Kay about her remarkable career, from first successes in Yorkshire to the responsibilities of being an international star. With contributions from Martin Isepp , John McCarthy , Sir Charles Mackerras and Rodney Milnes and music from Dame Janet's many recordings, including songs by Vaughan Williams , Schubert and Wagner, arias by Bach, Gluck and Handel, Frauenliebe und -Leben by Schumann, Act 3, Scene 2 of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda , and Britten's Phaedra.
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Contributors

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Janet Baker
Talks:
Dame Janet Baker
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Brian Kay
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Martin Isepp
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John McCarthy
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Sir Charles MacKerras
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Rodney Milnes
Songs By:
Vaughan Williams
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Maria Stuarda
Source: Radio Times

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