VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on the day Europe woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. Also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.
DISCUSSION: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Classical Music and Politics, including contributions from Béla Hartmann and James Ross.
Cuban coloratura soprano Xiomara Alfaro was born on 11 May 1930.
She was known for singing bolero music and for interpreting Ernesto Lecuona's Siboney.
She was sometimes referred to as 'The Nightingale of Music' or 'The Lark of Music'.
Alfaro died on 24 June 2018, aged eighty-eight.