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Morning Performance: Film Music Week: 5: America 2

BBC Radio 3
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Tommy Pearson presents a week of music from the movies. In today's programme he introduces some of the scores written by three of the greatest film American composers of the last 50 years: Bernard Herrmann, Danny Elfman and John Williams. Eric Stern conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in performances of Herrmann's score for Francois Truffaut's futuristic Fahrenheit 451; Danny Elfman's dark Batman music and John William's exhilarating music from the original Star Wars film.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Pearson
Musicians:
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor:
Eric Stern
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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