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Esa-Pekka Salonen
As part of New Year, New Music, Tom Service talks to the composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra and Conductor Laureate for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Mon 8 Jan 201822:00
BBC Radio 3
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- Sat 6 Jan 201812:15BBC Radio 3
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