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09/12/2011

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Last broadcast on Mon, 12 Dec 2011, 13:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.

Presented by Harriett Gilbert

Today's programme includes: Vladimir Vysotsky: Thankful for being alive, The Moon Goose Analogue, John Rutter

Photo: The Moon Goose Colony © Agnes Meyer-Brandis, VG-Bildkunst 2011

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    We review a documentary about Vysotsky, the late, legendary Russian singer-songwriter who was loved by millions in 1980s Soviet Union

  2. Chapter 2

    German artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis with a poetic experiment on weightlessness. She's training eleven goose cosmonauts to fly her to the moon - and why not!

  3. Chapter 3

    Intimately associated with Christmas carols, he talks about his composing career

Broadcasts

  1. Sat 10 Dec 2011
    02:32
  2. Sun 11 Dec 2011
    23:32
  3. Mon 12 Dec 2011
    09:32
  4. Mon 12 Dec 2011
    13:32

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