Ancient and Modem Italy
Introduced by Brian Wright. In the Church of San Giorgio in Poggiale,
Bologna, the Sine Nomine Ensemble, director Marco Ferrari , sing some of the earliest music to have been written down for the Catholic Church.
In La Scala, Milan, the BBC Singers and the London Sinfonietta are conducted by Simon Joly in Berio's Coro - a setting of folk texts from areas as far apart as Polynesia, Africa and Peru, together with poetry by the Chilean Pablo Neruda.
Producer Antony Pitts
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