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The conversation: Classical music vs rock'n'roll

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Friday, 13 July 2012 (on July 13, 2012)
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As the Proms get under way, we ask their director, Roger Wright, to convert writer and rock'n'roller Laura Barton into a classical music fan

The BBC Proms, the world's greatest classical music..


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