Welsh wilderness - Harp around the World - Moonlight

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Welsh wilderness - Harp around the World - Moonlight

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Apr 16, 2011

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John McCarthy explores the pleasure of moonlight, talks to a musician who travelled the world with her harp and meets someone who spent 5 years in the solitude of a remote Welsh cottage without electricity or running water.

Producer Chris Wilson.

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Apr 16, 2011

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