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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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Learn more about the Beethoven Weekender at the Barbican
Celebrating Beethoven's 250th anniversary in a weekend long immersion
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Tim Marrs
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Broadcasts
- Sat 25 Jan 2020 11:45BBC Radio 3
- Mon 27 Jan 2020 22:00BBC Radio 3
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