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At the Proms
On Friday 23 August 2013, Dr Nicholas Reyland, Senior Lecturer in Music/RI Humanities and a specialist in Polish twentieth-century music and culture, gave a talk at the BBC Proms that was also broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The focus of Nick's discussion was music's function and meanings during the dark decade stretching from the height of the Nazi occupation of Poland in the early 1940s to the peak of Polish Stalinism. The Proms Plus event accompanied the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra’s Prom concert of music by Witold Lutoslawski, Andrzej Panufnik and Shostakovich at the Royal Albert Hall. Radio 3’s Andrew McGregor interviewed Nick and Roxanna Panufnik (Andrzej's daughter, herself a noted composer) about Lutoslawski and Panufnik in front of a large audience at the Royal College of Music. An edited version was then broadcast on BBC Radio 3 during the concert interval. Details and opportunities to listen again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2013/august-23/14666
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