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Birdsong

Birdsong

Claire Skinner and Hugh Bonneville are the readers in a celebration of nature's musicians.

The poems include Milton's Nightingale, Hardy's Darkling Thrush and Tennyson's Blackbird, and the music includes Saint-Saens's Cuckoo, Rameau's Hen and Sibelius's Swan of Tuonela.

1 hour, 45 minutes

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Sun 10 Feb 2008 22:15

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  • Sun 10 Feb 2008 22:15

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