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Last broadcast on Sat, 7 Nov 2009, 21:20 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
The story of a remarkable encounter between Spanish monks and the native inhabitants of Western Australia in the mid-19th century.
In 1846, Spanish bishop Rosendo Salvado arrived in the Australian outback to establish New Norcia, a Benedictine monastery. Despite the intention of the mission to bring salvation to the 'savages', records show that Salvado's interest and respect for the indigenous Nyangara, though patronising, was truly enlightened for the time.
The programme reveals Salvado's views on the Nyangara people, customs, and music, as documented in his memoirs. There are reconstructions of the Aboriginal New Norcia String Orchestra, Brass Band, and Choir, as well as the sounds of the bush and the acoustics of the New Norcia monastery.
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Sat 7 Nov 200921:20
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