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Part 07: Malcolm Arnold's Tam o' Shanter
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) - Tam o' Shanter Overture
Andrew Manze conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a piece based on the Robert Burns poem, Tam o' Shanter. He demonstrates how the 20th century composer Malcolm Arnold uses the full symphony orchestra to create a musical impression of the images from the poem.
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