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Elgar: Symphony No. 1

Stephen Johnson explores a work which was ten years in the gestation, but worth waiting for - Elgar's Symphony No.1, which was an immediate and phenomenal success at its first performance in 1908.

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Tue 10 Jan 201220:10
BBC Radio 3

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