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Radio 3,06 Nov 2016,27 mins

The Gesualdo Legacy

The Early Music Show

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Fiona Talkington looks at the legacy of Carlo Gesualdo and the fascination that his life and music held for certain 20th-century cultural figures, including composers Igor Stravinsky and Peter Maxwell Davies, novelist Aldous Huxley and film maker Werner Herzog. The programme includes an interview with Professor Glenn Watkins, who has written extensively about Gesualdo's life, work and influence.

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