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Discovering Music: Arnold: Symphony No 5

04/10/2009

Arnold: Symphony No 5

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, Arnold: Symphony No 5

Charles Hazlewood delves into the world of Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony.

Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra delve into the dark and complex world of Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony. Including archive interviews with the composer.

Malcolm Arnold has gained a posthumous reputation as a composer of light and superficial music.   Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra delve into the world of his 5th Symphony however and discover a surprisingly dark and complex world - a work full of irony, conflict and above all: anguish.  The programme also looks back at Arnold's views on social music making, featuring archive interviews with the composer.

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