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The Life and Times of the Orchestra

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A nine-part series in which Jeremy Siepmann follows the changing fortunes of the orchestra and the society whose tastes it has always mirrored.
1:Invitation to the DanceWith a panoply of sounds from the Renaissance to the present day. tonight's programme ventures where angels fear to tread and asks: What precisely is an orchestra?
Producer ARTHUR JOHNSON gramophone records

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Jeremy Siepmann
Producer:
Arthur Johnson
Source: Radio Times

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