Nocturne (Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings) — Benjamin Britten

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Nocturne (Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings) — Benjamin Britten — Song · desert is.land

Song

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“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

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