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Professor Banfield discusses ‘Music of Empire’ on Radio 3

Professor Stephen Banfield

Professor Stephen Banfield

24 February 2009

Professor Stephen Banfield in the Department of Music appeared as the guest on Iain Burnside’s BBC Radio 3 programme, ‘Empire’, on Sunday 22 February.

Professor Stephen Banfield, Director of the Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth (CHOMBEC) in the Department of Music, appeared as the guest on Iain Burnside’s BBC Radio 3 programme, ‘Empire’, on Sunday 22 February.

Professor Banfield discussed the work of CHOMBEC and introduced music by composers from the ‘Age of Empire’ such as Charles Villiers Stanford and William Vincent Wallace.

You can listen to the programme online until Saturday 28 February; the segment featuring Professor Banfield begins 34 minutes in. 

 

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