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On a recent weekend break in the Cotswolds – that delightful stretch of country from Bath to the South Midlands- we came across an advert for a concert in Cheltenham. The programme included works by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, but it was William Alwyn’s third Symphony that caught my attention. He is one of many British composers of the last century who are now largely forgotten, rarely performed, but continue to interest me. The twentieth century witnessed a musical renaissance in this country, but many attractive works are now rarely played, squeezed out of the frame by the more famous