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Bartok's Second Piano Concerto and Dvorak's Eighth Symphony are in the spotlight. The concert opens with Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) by young American composer Missy Mazzoli. Show more
Europe's first majority BME orchestra perform music by American composer George Walker and a world premiere by Hannah Kendall, plus works by Dvorak, Handel and Rimsky-Korsakov. Show more
Documentary looking at the life and work of soul and pop diva Dusty Springfield, using archive footage and interviews with fellow musicians including Elton John and Burt Bacharach. Show more
A selection of Dusty Springfield's performances at the BBC from 1961 to 1995, from her folk beginnings with The Springfields through to her collaboration with Pet Shop Boys. Show more
Documentary about brother and sister duo The Carpenters, one of the biggest-selling pop acts of the 1970s, but one with a destructive and complex secret that ended in tragedy. Show more
Compilation of Dame Shirley Bassey's classic performances on the BBC, taking in iconic songs such as The Performance of My Life, Goldfinger, Big Spender and Diamonds Are Forever. Show more
Documentary looking at the life and work of soul and pop diva Dusty Springfield, using archive footage and interviews with fellow musicians including Elton John and Burt Bacharach. Show more
