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Musically gifted

The article on the link between music and the natural world (Songs in the key of life, July 2020) reminded me of an. As the third movement started, a blackbird began singing from the rowan close by. His pace matched that of the third movement and his phrases were either half that of Howells’ or equal in length to them. It was an astonishing experience.

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