Vasily Petrenko/Kenneth MacMillan/Martinu
Tom Service meets Vasily Petrenko, the young Russian maestro at the helm of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Plus a new biography of Kenneth MacMillan, and Martinu reassessed.
Tom Service travels to Liverpool to meet Vasily Petrenko, the young Russian principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Plus a new biography of dancer and choreographer Kenneth MacMillan; and 50 years after the death of composer Bohuslav Martinu, Tom assesses the importance of the composer's symphonies.
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- Sat 3 Oct 200912:15BBC Radio 3
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