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Radio 3,20 mins

Series2018

Edward Seckerson and Jason Carr discuss Bernstein's On the Town.

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Louise Fryer is joined by her two guests, Edward Seckerson and Jason Carr, to chat all things Bernstein and On the Town. It involves clips and talk around Fancy Free, another of Bernstein's musicals. They explore the incredible concept of how he re-used classical material and also ask whether he was essentially too famous?

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