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BBC Radio 4  30 minutes First broadcast: Tuesday 09 October 2012
This is the story of classical music life in London during the
Second World War, which instead of stopping altogether once war
was declared in 1939, actually flourished as the bombs fell.
Lionel Bradley was a Librarian at the London Library, and also
an avid lover of ballet, opera, orchestral and chamber music.
After each event he attended, Lionel would write a personal
bulletin describing the occasion, which he then circulated to
his friends. Katie Derham explores musical life in London during
the Second World War, through the writings of Bradley who often
provides invaluable insight into world premieres, refugee
artists, and a classical music scene which flourished during a
world in turmoil.  Lionel Bradley was passionate about the arts.
He often went to see the same productions, or hear the same
works again and agai