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Radio 3,04 Oct 2014,45 mins
The Girl of the Golden West, Edward Gardner, Early 20th-Century Music Drama, Nike Wagner
Music MattersAvailable for over a year
Tom Service reviews ENO's new production of Puccini's "The Girl of the Golden West", talks to conductor Edward Gardner, hears about Roger Savage's new book Masques, Mayings and Music Dramas - a look at early 20th century English music drama, with Vaughan Williams at its core - and talks to Nike Wagner about Beethovenfest, Bonn.
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