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Composer of the Week: Walton

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With Donald Macleod. 4: Wartime Britain
Walton was given exemption from military service to write music for films of national importance. At the end of the war he returned to working on a string quartet and began work on an opera.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
St Martin
Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Tenor:
Martyn Hill
Tenor:
Graham Johnson
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate
Conductor:
Coronation Te Deum
Conductor:
Bach Choir
Unknown:
John Scott
Conductor:
David Willcocks
Conductor:
George Szell
Source: Radio Times

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