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BBC Proms - 2013 - Britten 100: Billy Budd - BBC Sounds

20132013

Britten 100: Billy Budd

Released On: 27 Aug 2013

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Writers Philip Hoare and Jamila Gavin discuss Herman Melville's novella Billy Budd.

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