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Radio 3,21 Dec 2025,86 mins

Available for 10 days

Michael Berkeley’s guest is the poet Pam Ayres, who shares the music that matters most to her, including some seasonal favourites. It’s now 50 years since Pam first won a vast national audience on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, with poems including her much-loved wintry verse 'Sling another chair leg on the fire, Mother!' Her musical choices include Rachmaninov, Elgar and Johnny Mathis.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Gaudete
    Gaudete
    Anon.
  3. 2.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
    Sergey Rachmaninov
  4. 3.
    I Pagliacci: "Recitar!... Vesti la giubba"
    I Pagliacci: "Recitar!... Vesti la giubba"
    Ruggero Leoncavallo