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SWANN ALONE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Four programmes in which
Donald Swann talks and sings informally at the piano
3: What Matters
He describes some of the problems that fascinate him as a composer.
Can light music carry serious words? Can flippant words carry serious ideas?
The programme includes songs by Sydney Carter as well as Swann's own setting of the Venite and of poems by Betjeman and Brecht

Contributors

Talks:
Donald Swann
Songs By:
Sydney Carter
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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