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Free Thinking - What Is Music For?

Music MattersFree Thinking 2010

Join the audience for a discussion programme coming live from the Sage, Gateshead, as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival of Ideas 2010.

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Sat 6 Nov 201012:15
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