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Interview with Catherine Bott, British soprano and interpreter of medieval songs and operas (in the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam). Bott talks about the acoustics of the Main Hall, the comforting power of music, her grandparents and parents, her childhood and school days, her health and hospitalization as a child, the Beatles, shyness, dialects, speech lessons, happiness, domestic life, reading, children's books, innocence, her partner/relationship, the musicality of the voice, the Salzburg Festival, pianist Radu Lupu, English 19th century songs, the funeral of a neighbor, and comfort and security.

Writing:
  • Wim Kayzer

Stars:
Release Date: 2000-01-02
Seasons: 1
TMDb: 0.0/10
  • Country: NL
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 2400

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