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Bringing old music back to life with the Boston Camerata

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Joel Cohen, Emeritus Music Director of classical ensemble the Boston Camerata, joins us in the studio to explain how to give old music a contemporary twist. But first, was Coco Chanel a Nazi spy? Hal Vaughan's book exposes the secret truth behind the fashion legend. Finally, a short film shot entirely on a mobile phone on a beach in south Wales breaks records.

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