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Discovering Music
Barber: Violin Concerto and Essay No 1 for Orchestra
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Stephen Johnson is joined by the Ulster Orchestra and soloist Chloe Hanslip to explore Samuel Barber's tranquil and astonishing Violin Concerto, and the Essay No 1 for Orchestra. Show more
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Written by Trevor Griffiths. Drama about author and intellectual Thomas Paine, who influenced the American and French Revolutions. Show more
Poetry and music on hunting and chasing read by Nicholas Farrell and Deborah Findlay. Includes poetry by Thomas Wyatt and Charles Causley and music by Birtwistle and Schubert. Show more
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Jonathan Swain with music by Hildegard, Clara Schumann, Bacewicz, Tailleferre, Musgrave, Strozzi, Mozart, Sacchini, Bach, Schumann, Haydn, Franck, Schreker, Liszt, Glinka, Brahms. Show more
