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The Patrons: Sound Investment

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Composer Gerard McBurney tells the story of four different kinds of musical patron, looking at who pays for new music.

In this concluding programme McBurney considers the patrons of new music in Britain today, such as Sound investors who buy £100 shares in pieces of new music which are then performed by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
McBurney hears from beneficiaries Judith Weir, Colin Matthews and conductor Sir Simon Rattle, and their investors. Producer Frances Byrnes

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Weir
Unknown:
Coiin Matthews
Conductor:
Sir Simon Rattle.
Producer:
Frances Byrnes
Source: Radio Times

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