Welcome to Wednesday on The Brew. Our friend and New York correspondent, Tracy Quan, will be with us right after the 12 news. She has her literary head on at the moment, so join her for some great summer reading, and whatever else takes her fancy. RTL France's Philippe Dova will be coming to you live from Paris at 12:40 today, with more top-line Frenchness. Then, it's 'classical' music day once again. This week, live from Bangkok, Paul Archibald is going to tell us about the earliest truly American symphonies. That is, pieces (including part of the very first American symphony) composed after 1776 by American citizens.

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