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Anthony Phillips

Kenneth Hamilton

Music Matters: John Williams, Sviatoslav Richter Book

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16/04/2016

John Williams, Sviatoslav Richter Book

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, John Williams, Sviatoslav Richter Book

Tom Service talks to guitarist John Williams and reviews a memoir of Sviatoslav Richter.

Presented by Tom Service. With renowned guitarist John Williams in conversation, a new memoir of pianist Sviatoslav Richter and a discussion about Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

Tom Service talks to John Williams the renowned Australian-born guitarist ahead of his 75th birthday, and reviews Svetik, a new family memoir of the legendary Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter. He discusses the book with its two authors Walter Moskalew, also Richter's first cousin, and Anthony Phillips. The pianist Ken Hamilton reviews the new book.

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