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The BBC Archive

on BBC Radio 3

Hermione Lee surveys archive recordings made around the time of the Second World War, including war film music by Vaughan Williams, played by the BBC Northern Orchestra, and the first London performance of Bartok's Concerto for
Orchestra, played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult.

Contributors

Presenter:
Hermione Lee
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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