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In Search of Alec Wilder

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Robert Cushman presents the first in a two-part assessment of the work of American composer, critic and writer Alec Wilder.
Including interviews with his colleagues and recordings by those he influenced: the New York
Woodwind Quintet, Marian McPartland , Mabel Mercer and Frank Sinatra.
Reader Colin Stinton.
Producers
Jonathan James-Moore and Rachel Yorke

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Cushman
Unknown:
Alec Wilder.
Unknown:
Marian McPartland
Unknown:
Mabel Mercer
Reader:
Frank Sinatra.
Reader:
Colin Stinton.
Unknown:
Jonathan James-Moore
Unknown:
Rachel Yorke
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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