A Meditation on Nostalgia

LD Music Meditations

Nov 25 2022 | 00:04:42

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Show Notes

Diane Kendig's poem "At the Christmas Tree, on a line by Seamus Heaney," delights in flashes of recognition and nostalgia. The music, John Playford's seventeenth-century variations on the ancient tune Greensleeves features violinist Julie Andrijeski.

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