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Radio 3,30 Jul 2018,28 mins

Bobby Friction

Classical Fix

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Fist-pumping highs to tear-jerking lows - Bobby Friction from BBC Asian Network finds it all in this week's playlist as he discovers a powerful emotional virus lurking in the music of French composer Claude Debussy but says [spoiler] NO NO NOT NOT NOT NO NO to Dvorak. Bobby's playlist in full Bernstein: Candide Overture Couperin: Les Baricades Misterieuses (arranged by Thomas Ades) Debussy: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (from Children’s Corner) Dvorak: String Quartet in F AKA "American" Purcell: Music for a While (from Oedipus) Smetana: Vltava (from Ma Vlast) Bonus tracks Ravi Shankar's Raga Piloo The Humma Song from OK Jaanu

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