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Podcast » Joseph Horowitz

Joseph Horovitz explains that his early enthusiasm was for the visual arts, and that it was only from about the age of 19 that he turned seriously to music. After a degree at Oxford University, he...

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Podcast » Thea Musgrave

In 1969, Peter Darrell choreographed Beauty and the Beast for Scottish Theatre Ballet. In this podcast Thea Musgrave discusses with Stephen Johnson the challenges and idiosyncrasies she found when...

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Diaghilev – genius or promoter of self? In addition to being central or crucial to the history of ballet in the 20th Century, Diaghilev was also intimately involved with musical developments of the...

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