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Mandoline
Composer: Claude Debussy
Performer: Fatma Said (Soprano)
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano)
Date of broadcast: 25 October 2017
Late 19th-century Paris thrilled to songs by the best French composers: Chausson, Faur茅, Ravel, Duparc, and Debussy. This helter-skelter piece (using a poem by Verlaine) conjures whirling skirts, gaiety, and laughter.
Composer: Claude Debussy
Performer: Fatma Said (Soprano)
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano)
Date of broadcast: 25 October 2017