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Divine Voices
Tuesday 29 August 2006 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Saturday 2 September 2006 15:30-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Russian Orthodox church music at its best is capable of inducing a deep sense of the spiritual, even in those who have little interest in its religious content. To discover what makes it so captivating, Michael Bourdeaux visits a school in upstate New York which helped keep this music alive during the Communist era - Holy Trinity Seminary in the lush green Mohawk Valley.
