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A plague on both your houses

Hannah French is joined by conductor Jeremy Summerly to explore music associated with the plague - composers who succumbed to the disease and pieces that responded to great loss.

Hannah French is joined by conductor Jeremy Summerly to explore music associated with the plague - pieces that responded to great suffering and loss, and composers who succumbed to outbreaks of pestilence, including Robert White, Francisco Guerrero, Jacob Obrecht and Alessandro Grandi.

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59 minutes

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Sun 26 Apr 202617:00

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  • Sun 26 Apr 202617:00

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