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Fiona Talkington on Joseph Canteloube

The EssaySecret Admirers (Series 2)

Radio 3 presenter Fiona Talkington celebrates the French composer Joseph Canteloube, whose famous Songs of the Auvergne have become particularly important to her during her experience of cancer.

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Mon 22 Jul 201922:45
BBC Radio 3

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