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The Tender Tyrant - Nadia Boulanger 1887-1979

BBC Radio 3
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'The most influential teacher of her time...' Bernard Keeffe discusses her unique contribution to music with former pupils and associates, including Aaron Copland, Lennox Berkeley, Hugues Cuenod, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Stephen Hicks and Henryk Szeryng. The programme also includes records of Nadia Boulanger and an interview with her recorded in the week of her 86th birthday.
(First broadcast in September 1973)

Contributors

Presenter:
Bernard Keeffe
Interviewee:
Aaron Copland
Interviewee:
Lennox Berkeley
Interviewee:
Hugues Cuenod
Interviewee:
Roy Harris
Interviewee:
Virgil Thomson
Interviewee:
Stephen Hicks
Interviewee:
Henryk Szeryng
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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