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Martin Handley on Malcolm Arnold

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Episode 4 of 5

Radio 3 presenter Martin Handley celebrates a composer whose music has particularly inspired him: Malcolm Arnold, creator of symphonies of great emotional depth and complexity - as Martin discovered as a teenage violinist, playing Arnold's Second Symphony with the composer conducting.

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Thu 26 Mar 201522:45
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