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The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2013 Season: Proms Plus Intro

Ralph Vaughan Williams

BBC Proms: 2013: Proms Plus Intro: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 'London'

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Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony

12/08/2013

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 'London'

2013

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2013, Proms Plus Intro, Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 'London'

Stephen Johnson, Kate Kennedy and Louise Fryer discuss Vaughan Williams's London Symphony.

Stephen Johnson and Kate Kennedy join Louise Fryer to talk about Vaughan Williams and his London Symphony. Is it a picture postcard, a dark premonition or more complex and subtle?

Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony was first performed in London in 1914. So: is it a tune-filled picture postcard, a dark premonition of a society devastated by war, or something more complex and subtle? Stephen Johnson and Kate Kennedy join Louise Fryer to talk about the Symphony that remained Vaughan Williams's own favourite even after he'd written seven more.

BBC Proms: 2013

BBC Proms: 2013: Proms Plus Intro

Proms Plus Intro

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.

All broadcasts from the 119th season of the BBC Proms.

Series of events providing a context to the 2013 Proms season's music and artists

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