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Music Matters

1 October 2006

Sunday 1 October 2006 17:45-18:30 (Radio 3)

Tom Service explores that most versatile of instruments - the human voice.

Tenor Ian Bostridge previews a major song series on London's South Bank and Emma Kirkby and Anthony Rooley sample different approaches to performing Dowland songs. Plus reviews of a new book on Italian opera and the art of 'bel canto', and a fascinating study of the human voice by Anne Karpf.

Duration:

45 minutes

Music Matters

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