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The Perfect American; Burns songs; Brian Ferneyhough and Daniil Trifonov

Tom Service talks to the composer Brian Ferneyhough and speaks to Philip Glass about his new opera "The Perfect American".

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45 minutes

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Sat 12 Jan 2013 12:15

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