08/11/2008
Petroc Trelawny talks to Alexander Waugh about his book, The House of Wittgenstein, and to Andrew Motion and Peter Maxwell Davies about their work for Remembrance Sunday.
Petroc Trelawny is joined by Alexander Waugh to discuss his book about the Wittgensteins, one of the most talented and eccentric families in European history, dogged by conflicts but held together by a fanatical love of music.
He also hears a Remembrance Sunday commission from Portsmouth Grammar School by Peter Maxwell Davies and Andrew Motion.
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