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Conversations with classical creatives about the music they love

177: Ben Levy from Classics Explained Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast

How can recontextualising classical music help build a new audience for the genre? Classics Explained YouTube producer Ben Levy explores the opportunities he's discovered using animation to tell the story of some of classics most-loved works, and some of the pushback he's received doing so.
  1. 177: Ben Levy from Classics Explained
  2. 176: Cellist Tim Posner
  3. 175: Monteverdi Choir's Israel in Egypt
  4. 174: On Conducting and Learning to Conduct
  5. 173: Reflections, Recommendations & Previews
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