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As a new production of Nixon in China opens at English National Opera,
Sean Rafferty talks to its director Peter Sellars and its librettist Alice Goodman about
John Adams 's minimalist masterpiece. Music includes at 5.35 Dvorak's
Romance in F minor, Op 11, played by violinist Gil Shaham with the Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra; at 6.10 Berlioz's La Mortd'Ophelie performed by Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) and Myung-Whun Chung (piano); and at 6.40 Bach's English Suite
No 3 in G minor, BWV808, played by pianist Wilhelm Kempff.

Contributors

Talks:
Sean Rafferty
Director:
Peter Sellars
Unknown:
Alice Goodman
Unknown:
John Adams
Violinist:
Gil Shaham
Unknown:
Cecilia Bartoli
Piano:
Myung-Whun Chung
Pianist:
Wilhelm Kempff.
Source: Radio Times

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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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