The Reunion in Central Park

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Central park, New York, was the scene of a momentous reunion on 19 September 1981. In front of 400,000 people, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel sang together again for the first time in 11 years. The duo who had brought folk music into the mainstream showed that their estrangement had not tarnished the magic. Out of what had begun as another Paul Simon gig, grew a night that fans had never imagined possible, and an album to remember it by. Paul Gambaccini discovers the stories behind the concert that almost didn't happen. Producer: Marya Burgess First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007.