BBC Countryfile Magazine

133. Explore the greatest music inspired by the British countryside – while wandering in the Cotswold Hills

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Discover how the British countryside has inspired great composers over the centuries – and how their music helps us evoke landscapes and their wildlife. BBC Music Magazine's Jeremy Pound takes our own Fergus Collins for a walk over Leckhampton Hill to meet his countryside musical heroes, from Delius to Vaughan Williams and from Holst to Elgar.

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