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BBC Young Musician 2020: Final

from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 00:06:55 Anna Lapwood interviews Nicholas Daniel (oboist and commentator) 00:08:35 Jess Gillam: “For me, one interesting aspects of this final is that all the music being performed has been composed in the last five decades or so, with two of the pieces by female composers. It’s lyrical, it’s exciting and …

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Last Night of the Proms 2020

In addition to features in the notes of individual pieces: 00:28:00 Revd Richard Coles, Adjoa Andoh and Mel Giedroyc (including recalling meeting him, aged 90) on Stephen Sondheim 00:48:30 Landscapes and Seascapes of British Isles during Lark Ascending 01:05:20 David James (footballer, at home with cello): “unfortunately cello practice was at the same time as …

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Civilisation

Colour separations on cover misaligned The Skin of Our Teeth The Great Thaw Romance and Reality Man – the Measure of all Things The Hero as Artist Protest and Communication Grandeur and Obedience The Light of Experience The Pursuit of Happiness The Smile of Reason The Worship of Nature The Fallacies of Hope Heroic Materialism …

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Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker, 2020 (Nelsons)

00:36:40 Interval feature (music and visuals only, no narration) connecting with Ludwig Beethoven (for 250th anniversary year): Beethovens Blätterwirbel / The Lost Music – sheets of music blow out of Beethoven’s window, and woman goes around various locations picking them up. Musicians from the Wiener Philharmoniker play Beethoven chamber pieces in some of these locations.