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08/07/2011

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Supermarket Symphony

A musical feature revealing the hidden beauty found in supermarkets over a day.

A composed feature by Nina Perry exploring the hidden beauty, musicality and personal stories found in supermarkets. From 2011.

Nina Perry's composed feature 'Supermarket Symphony' reveals the beauty, musicality and personal stories found in supermarkets over a day. 

Specially composed music and the sounds of the supermarket are interwoven with some of the human encounters to be discovered along with the weekly shop.

Amongst stories and rituals of shoppers and supermarket workers, we hear from Michael, a theatrical cheese counter assistant, who now in his 70's reveals his many past lives, and the happiness he finds serving people with cheese; Father Pat, a priest who enjoys the chance to connect with his local community whilst wheeling his trolley down the aisles and Julie who works on the tills, and has a gift for turning a frown into laughter.

Producer: Nina Perry

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2011.

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