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On 7 January 1960 the BBC's Third Programme launched its Thursday
Invitation Concerts. The original billing claims the programmes were built 'on the principle that equal importance should be given to past and present.'This inaugural concert, which married Mozart and Boulez, is repeated today with its original announcements.
Mozart Quintet in Eflat (K 614): Amadeus String Quartet and Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Boulez Le Marteau sans maitre: New Music
Ensemble/John Carewe Mozart Quintet in C (K 515): Amadeus String Quartet and Cecil Aronowitz (viola)

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Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Viola:
Boulez Le Marteau
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
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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