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Opera Rara turns 50

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Tom Service celebrates Opera Rara at 50 and Beethoven's symphonies at the Barbican.

Tom Service celebrates the 50th birthday of Opera Rara company, discusses Beethoven with four leading conductors, and talks to Carrie Noland about choreographer Merce Cunningham.

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Tom Service celebrates the 50th birthday of the Opera Rara company, discusses Beethoven's symphonies with four leading conductors, and as a new book about choreographer Merce Cunningham is published, Tom talks to the author Carrie Noland, and hears personal memories of Merce from composer Gavin Bryars and choreographer Richard Alston.

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