Rossini's Thieving Magpie

Sara Mohr-Pietsch collects the musical gems that connect to the overture La Gazza Ladra - the Thieving Magpie - including Handel's thundering drums and The Unthanks' folkloric bird. There's also a peep at Mozart's percussive technique for strings, and underhand shenanigans with a soundtrack by Michael Nyman and Louis Armstrong's Mack the Knife.