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Radio 3,01 Mar 2026,89 mins

Rossini's Thieving Magpie

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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.

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