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Radio 4,06 Jun 2025,42 mins
Nicky Spence and Heidi Fardell drop in on the Honky Château
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Operatic tenor Nicky Spence and recorder player and Baroque flautist Heidi Fardell are the studio guests of Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe. In today's five-track journey they head from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Belgium, a rural French château, a charitable institution in Venice, finishing up in Ireland where the past casts a long shadow. Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe The five tracks in this week's playlist: Spoiler by Baloji Panis Angelicus by César Franck Honky Cat by Elton John Flautino Concerto in C by Vivaldi The Magdalene Laundries by Joni Mitchell Other music in this episode: The Third Man by Anton Karas Rapture by Blondie Rocket Man by Elton John
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