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Edinburgh Festival Special

Bach's St Matthew's Passion, Jean Racine's Britannicus, and jazz legend Oscar Peterson

Robert Logan discuses the international arts festival with its director John Drummond. Includes excerpts from Bach's St Matthew's Passion, with the London Symphony Orchestra, soloists Peter Schreier, Jessye Norman, and Gwynne Howell, directed by Claudio Abbado. Theatre from France, Jean Racine's 300-year-old classic Britannicus about Nero and the tragic lure of tyranny ("a brilliant, dangerous play.") Also, jazz legend Oscar Peterson, and an interview with Greek theatre director Spiros Evangelatos.

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29 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project