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| Title | Breathe Freely |
| Contributors |
Julian Wagstaff (composer) |
| Composition date | 2013 |
| Duration (mins) | 40 |
| Category | chamber opera |
| Instrumentation | Bar T M-S Cl Vc Pf |
| Commissioned by | The Royal Society of Chemistry (Edinburgh and SE Scotland local section) |
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| Programme Note | Breathe Freely! was a book written in 1938 by Professor James Kendall FRS, head of the Department of Chemistry of Edinburgh University. Aimed at the general reader, the book sought to reassure the public that the dangers of poison gas had been greatly exaggerated and that - as long as one followed the common-sense instructions issued by the government - one had very little to fear... |
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