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As part of Radio 3's day of programmes exploring the music and culture of Al-Andalus - this concert features a style of music which can trace its roots back to medieval Moorish Portugal.

A concert of traditional Portuguese song, known as Fado, recorded earlier this year in Bucharest, featuring the Ricardo Dias Ensemble. Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Walk along the streets of any Portuguese town and city on a summer night, and you may come across a crowd gathered around the open windows, straining to hear the lyrical voice of a popular "fado" singer. The legend is that this famous torch song style singing native to Portugal, originated in Coimbra, thanks to the founder of its famous university being a well-known troubadour.

Fado specialists the Riccardo Dias Ensemble perform both traditional and modern reinventions of Portuguese Fado in this concert, recorded in Romania's Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Bucharest, Romania.

Producer: Helen Garrison