RFI The Sound Kitchen

There’s Music in the Kitchen, No 31

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This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listeners musical requests. Just click on the “Play” button above and enjoy! Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday. This week, you’ll hear music requested by your fellow RFI English listener Hans Verner Lollike from Hedehusene, Denmark.Be sure you send in your music requests! Write to me at   thesoundkitchen@rfi.frHere’s the music you heard on this week’s program: “La bohème” by Charles Aznavour and Jacques Plante, sung by Charles Aznavour; “His Eye is on the Sparrow” by Charles H. Gabriel and Civillia Durfee Martin, sung by Mahalia Jackson, and the Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op.3 by Frédéric Chopin, performed by Lynn Harrell, cello, and Pauline Yang, piano. The quiz will be back next Saturday, 19 August. Be sure and tune in! To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here.To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club, click here.  
12 Aug 2023 English South Africa TV & Film

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