English Language Broadcast - Panorama - 09/01/21
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It doesn't usually snow in Madrid. But this year is different, and Madrid has been blanketed in white by the largest snowstorm to hit the city--and other parts of the country--in some 50 years. After talking about this snowy weather and listening to a few versions of one of the most famous songs ever to deal with snow and snowing, Amy Egan tells Justin Coe about her visit to a large exhibition currently running at Madrid's Prado Museum under the title "Uninvited Guests. Episodes on Women, Ideology and the Visual Arts in Spain (1833-1931)." Today's program also features two concertos from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" as performed by Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante: "Winter" (of course), and "Spring.
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