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Talking About Antony Hopkins: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Talking About Antony Hopkins, Episode 2

How Antony Hopkins's radio show Talking About Music encouraged appreciation of Mozart.

Stephen Johnson explains how Antony Hopkins's radio show Talking About Music encouraged listeners to appreciate Mozart. Plus Hopkins's commentary on Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe.

Stephen Johnson introduces the second of four programmes paying tribute to Antony Hopkins, presenter of the long-running radio series "Talking about Music", who died earlier this year. Today, Stephen picks out some of the key ways that Hopkins encouraged his listeners to appreciate Mozart, and he invites us to enjoy Hopkins' wry and insightful commentary on the work in the second half of tonight's concert, Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe.

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Tribute to Antony Hopkins, composer and presenter of the radio series Talking About Music

Stephen Johnson introduces a series of programmes paying tribute to Antony Hopkins, composer and presenter of the long-running radio series Talking About Music, who died in 2014

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