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The Sound of Magnolias

Writer Irma Kurtz travels to Madrid and Paris to investigate the life of blind Spanish composer Rodrigo. From October 2009.

Writer Irma Kurtz travels to Paris and Madrid to investigate the period just before the war when blind Spanish composer Rodrigo composed his famous Concerto de Aranjuez. She goes to the gardens of Aranjuez with his only daughter, Cecelia, and talks to guitarist Pepe Romero about the music's lasting impact.

30 minutes

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Fri 26 Apr 201901:30
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  • Tue 20 Oct 200913:30
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  • Wed 20 Jan 201606:30
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  • Fri 26 Apr 201901:30
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