John Shea presents choral music from St Rombout's Cathedral, Mechelen in Flanders. 
Music and featured items
13 itemsTimings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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‘silk and bamboo music’.
Lucy Duran is in an old tea shop in Old Shanghai to hear ‘silk and bamboo music’.
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Music Played
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Performers of the Shanghai Silk and Bamboo Association Joyful Song
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The Guzheng - a 7 string zither.
Lucy tells of the rival of the ‘silk and bamboo’ tradition after the Cultural Revolution.
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Music Played
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Xiao Gan Bei The drinking song
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Guzheng player Xiao Gan Bei.
Celebrated Guzheng (zither) player Xiao Gan Bei talks Lucy through a song.
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Music Played
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Xiao Gan Bei Lamentation at nigh
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Xiao Gan Bei on the Guzheng.
Xiao Gan Bei continues telling Lucy about the Guzheng, and how he learnt it.
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Music Played
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Xiao Gan Bei Assassination of a Han Emperor
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Old people’s activity club
Lucy is in an old people’s activity club in Shanghai where traditional music is heard.
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Music Played
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Déodat de Séverac A piece about missing old friends
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unknown Wealth and Prosperity
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Déodat de Séverac A song of an oppressed wife
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Style of silk and bamboo music.
A local musician explains how the style of silk and bamboo music has changed little.
Broadcasts
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BBC Radio 3Sun 5 Nov 2000 23:00 BBC Radio 3
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