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Cosima Wagner, Music from the Genome, John Adams

Tom Service with a biography of Cosima Wagner. Plus Music from the Genome, mixing music and science, and John Adams' musical I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, and an interview with conductor Vladimir Jurowski.

45 minutes

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Sat 3 Jul 2010 12:15

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  • Sat 3 Jul 2010 12:15

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