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Neville Marriner tribute, Matthew Kaner in Lucerne, Paul Robertson remembered

08/10/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Neville Marriner tribute, Matthew Kaner in Lucerne, Paul Robertson remembered

Tom Service presents a tribute to the late Sir Neville Marriner.

Tom Service presents tributes to the late conductor Sir Neville Marriner and violinist Paul Robertson. Plus a report from the 2016 Lucerne Festival.

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Including a tribute to the conductor Sir Neville Marriner, who died this month at the age of 92. Marriner's partnership with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which he founded in 1959, is the most recorded of any orchestra and conductor. His musical career began as a violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra, and in the Philharmonia under Herbert von Karajan. With interviews from the BBC archives, Tom tells the story of one of the world's most loved conductors.

Also, Tom remembers the violinist Paul Robertson, who died in July. A founding member of the Medici Quartet, Robertson dedicated much of his career to research into music and its relationship with the mind. A near-death experience in 2008 led to him talking and writing about the visions he experienced while in a coma, and his book, "Soundscapes: A Musician's Journey Through Life and Death", was published in September.

And Matthew Kaner, Radio 3's Embedded Composer in 3, reports from this summer's Lucerne Festival, where he ran workshops for a new orchestral commission to be given its first performance in 2017.

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