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Discovering Music - Messiaen - St Francis of Assisi

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To coincide with a Proms 2008 broadcast of the complete opera, Alwynne Pritchard explores Messiaen's vast St Francis of Assisi. She is joined by conductor Kent Nagano who worked very closely with Messiaen himself in preparing the original production of the work.