Classical music season inspired by BLM protests 

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Britain’s Royal Festival Hall reopens with a new season inspired by this past summer’s Black Lives Matters protests. Music from composers of color will be featured. But can that tackle classical music’s long-standing diversity problem? The World’s Orla Barry reports from London.

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