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Peter Maxwell Davies's Eight Songs for a Mad King
Writer and critic Paul Driver explains why Maxwell Davies鈥檚 8 Songs For A Mad King is so uniquely important in the development of music theatre; and the Viennese composer and chansonnier HK Gruber describes the work from the inside, as a performer who has sung the taxing part of the King many times.
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Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics
Artists and musicians introduce 50 pieces of music composed between 1950 and 2000.