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The Great Songbook

Episode 3: Italy

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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In search of the musical heart of the nation, Cerys Matthews discusses the songs of Italy and pieces together her own Great Italian Songbook, with the help of literary scholar Francesco Durante, cultural historian Rachel Haworth and music journalist Federico Vacalebre.

Recorded in Naples at the Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella.

Producer: Martin Williams. Show less

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