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Wednesday - Verity Sharp

08/02/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Wednesday - Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp introduces Thomas Hardy set to song, Cretan lyra, and John Cage.

Verity Sharp's selection includes the words of Thomas Hardy set by composer Ian Venables, Japanese bamboo shakuhachi flute, Cretan lyra player Stelios Petrakis, and John Cage.

Tonight the words of Thomas Hardy set by composer Ian Venables and sung by Andrew Kennedy, the Japanese bamboo shakuhachi flute played by Tajima Tadashi, and songs from multi-linguist Aldona Nowowiejska. Plus Voreia Monoipatia, 'Northern Footpaths' by Cretan lyra player Stelios Petrakis, and Quatuor Hêlios perform Imaginary Landscape No.1 by John Cage. With Verity Sharp.

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