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December 8, 2015 • 8:21 am
MEMETERIA by Thomas May
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MEMETERIA by Thomas May 
I’m playing the 90th birthday concert today, December 8, 1955 conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham with the RPO. It may still be available. He includes the best of the symphonies, the haunting Fourth.