Brief Encounters

Between the Ears by BBC

Dec 27, 202029:30Society & Culture

Stories of real life chance encounters, inspired by the 75th anniversary of the much-loved film Brief Encounter. Introduced by Matthew Sweet. Using different recordings of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 - which famou...

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