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The Golden Oriole

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Last broadcast on Tue, 9 Dec 2008, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4.

Synopsis

Ornithologist Stephen Moss explores French composer Olivier Messiaen's fascination for using birdsong in his music and how it became a refuge from watching his wife's slow death.

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  1. Tue 9 Dec 2008
    13:30

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