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Petroc Trelawny

Robert Levin

Balint Andras Varga

Music Matters: Robert Levin, Hartmann, Balint Andras Varga

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Monday - Petroc Trelawny

30/11/2013

Robert Levin, Hartmann, Balint Andras Varga

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Robert Levin, Hartmann, Balint Andras Varga

Petroc Trelawny talks to Robert Levin. Plus Hartmann's music and a book on composers.

Petroc Trelawny talks to fortepianist and scholar Robert Levin. Plus the life and music of Hartmann, 50 years after the composer's death, and music agent Balint Varga's memoir.

Petroc Trelawny presents. An interview with American forte-pianist virtuoso and scholar Robert Levin about the classical tradition of improvisation; also, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, the man and his music, 50 years after his death; and Hungarian music agent Balint Andras Varga talks to us about his book of memoirs, including interviews with composers, From Boulanger to Stockhausen.

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