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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)

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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