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Historical Figures
Profiles of five world-historical figures from different epochs, with some of the music they have inspired.
1: Joan of Arc. Including excerpts from: Verdi Giovanna d'Arco
LSO, conductor James Levine
Tchaikovsky The Maid of Orleans
Inessa Galante (soprano), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor Neeme Jarvi Rossini Giovanna d'Arco
Teresa Berganza (soprano),
ECO, conductor Marcello Viotti
Honegger Joan of Arc at the Stake Soloists, Czech Chorus, Prague SO, conductor Serge Baudo Producer Piers Burton-Page

Contributors

Unknown:
Verdi Giovanna
Conductor:
James Levine
Soprano:
Inessa Galante
Unknown:
Rossini Giovanna
Soprano:
Teresa Berganza
Conductor:
Marcello Viotti
Conductor:
Serge Baudo
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page
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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