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Tormented Genius

on BBC Radio 4 FM

John Florance concludes his examination into the relationship between mental illness and musical genius with the composers Ivor Gurney and Dmitri Shostakovich. Both suffered mental and physical breakdowns during two catastrophic events in the 20th century -the First World War and Stalin's vicious Soviet regime. The effects on their creativity was profound in different ways. Producer Paul Evans

Contributors

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John Florance
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Ivor Gurney
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Dmitri Shostakovich.
Producer:
Paul Evans

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