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Words and Music: Mezzogiorno

Mezzogiorno

18/01/2015

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Texts and music centring on southern Europe. Readers: Alexandra Gilbreath and John Rowe.

A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of southern Europe, with readings by Alexandra Gilbreath and John Rowe.

Mezzogiorno is the land of lemon trees as well as the Mafia; it's the land of poverty and of plenty; of Giuseppe di Lampedusa as well as Leoncavallo. For centuries, Europe's beautiful south has held the Western imagination captive; so join Alexandra Gilbreath and John Rowe as they explore a region where Aeneas rubs shoulders with the Vespa.

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