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To paint or play the violin? That was the big decision for a young Frenchman who turned out to be one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. On the publication of a new biography of Henri Matisse, Sean Rafferty talks to the author Hilary Spurling about Matisse's life-long love of music and how it informed his paintings.
With music by Mozart and Liszt, and Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No 2 played by Leonard Bernstein.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sean Rafferty
Guest:
Hilary Spurling

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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