Episode 5
Haydn Gwynne reads from Lucy Hughes-Hallett's biography of this remarkable Italian poet and political agitator whose words triggered riots.
Now an enemy of the state, d'Annunzio struggles to keep his utopian experiment in Fiume alive.
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Gemma Jenkins.
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Track 13: Etude in D sharp minor, Op. 8, No.12
Composer: Alexander Scriabin
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson
Label: Bridge Records
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- Fri 25 Jan 2013 09:4591热爆 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 26 Jan 2013 00:3091热爆 Radio 4
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