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Composer of the Week: Berlioz

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Berlioz was born in La Cote-St-Andre, a small town between Lyon and Grenoble, but Paris became his home, and he once remarked that he could never consider living anywhere else. Today Donald Macleod explores Berlioz's association with the city.

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Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Source: Radio Times

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