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PURCELL'S 350th ANNIVERSARY
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Charles Hazlewood outlines the plans for Purcell broadcasts during the Composers of the Year celebrations. Charles was filmed specially for the website in the Church of St Martin-within-Ludgate in the City of London. There has been a church on the site since 1174; the current building was completed in 1680 after the previous church was gutted in the Great Fire of London (1666).
THE BIRTH OF BRITISH MUSIC
The Composers of the Year feature in a BBC 2 series, in May 2009 - Charles Hazlewood introduces the programmes.
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