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Mozart's Attic - Sunday, Febuary 9th at 6:00 pm

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Benjamin Britten

With the coming of the 20th century, a new national school of  composition arose in Great Britain. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten and others were writing music that was nothing like that of the continent, which had dominated classical music for some two centuries. We'll look at these new sounds from Albion this Sunday.

Originally from central Massachusetts, Jay has called the Space Coast home for more than 30 years. He began his association with WFIT in the late '90s as a dumpster diver for office furniture in response to a broadcast plea for a new chair from a frustrated disc jockey. (WFIT has come a long way since.)