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Radio 3,28 mins

Schubert: Symphony No. 4 'Tragic'

Discovering Music

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Stephen Johnson considers the "tragic" nature of Schubert's Symphony No. 4 in C minor (D. 417) – what did the composer mean by this title and what does it tell us about Schubert? Musical illustrations of the symphony are provided by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Douglas Boyd.

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