RFI The Sound Kitchen

There’s Music in the Kitchen, No 25

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This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listeners’ musical requests. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday. This week, you’ll hear musical requests from your fellow listeners Hans Verner Lollike from Hedehusene, Denmark; Mahesh Jain from Delhi, India, and Jayanta Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India.

Be sure you send in your music requests! Write to me at thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr

Here’s the music you heard on this week’s program: “The Fog is Lifting” by Carl Nielsen; “Dreams” by Stevie Nicks, performed by Nicks and Fleetwood Mac, and “Bei mir bist du schön” by Sholom Secunda and Jacob Jacobs, played by Gino Tedesco and Chris Conz.

The quiz will be back next Saturday, 3 December. Be sure and tune in!  
28 Nov 2022 English South Africa TV & Film

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