The Cello and the Nightingales: The Lif

In May 1924, the BBC broadcast a miracle to the world: a wild nightingale singing a duet with a remarkable young cellist called Beatrice Harrison. Over a million people tuned in to hear this live performance, which Beatrice repeated with a nightingale for the BBC every spring until 1942. These broadcasts transformed the public interest in nightingales - a species already in decline.

If Beatrice's duets with the nightingales touched a chord with the world, her own life proved to be as musical, free-spirited and inspiring. From her early years as a musical prodigy to recording with the most important composers of the day and playing for the wounded in the Second World War, this timely reissue of Patricia Cleveland-Peck's classic book recounts Beatrice's rich life vividly and features a new introduction by Maria Popova.

Edited by Patricia Cleveland-Peck with introduction by Maria Popova

Paperback / softback  B-format paperback  CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary   192pp  h200mm  x  w130mm  x s13mm  165g  Print PDF 

ISBN13: 9781805300182