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Composer of the Week: Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

1/2. Donald Macleod reveals the unique course Alan Hovhaness set for himself through the waters of 20th-century music.
Monadnock, Op 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ken Young
String Quartet No 3, Op 208 No 1 (Reflections on My Childhood) Shanghai Quartet
Symphony No 1 (Exile) Seattle Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerard Schwartz
Producer Lyndon Jones Repeated on Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Alan Hovhaness
Conductor:
Ken Young
Conductor:
Gerard Schwartz
Producer:
Lyndon Jones
Source: Radio Times

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