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Donald Macleod looks at Romanian composer George Enescu's final works. Moving to a self-imposed exile in Paris after the Second World War, his life ended there, in poverty, in 1955.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 13 May 2005 00:00

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  • Fri 6 May 2005 12:00
  • Fri 13 May 2005 00:00

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