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Playlist: Sharon Farrell's Portfolio

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Part 1 - The Prepared Mind

From Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Part of the Darwin series | 53:51

From Darwin's early years to his voyage of discovery on H.M.S. Beagle.

Darwin_series_-_ideas_small This four part series is a Tribute to Charles Darwin celebrating the 150th anniversary of his earth-shattering book, 'On The Origin of Species'.  Darwin's theory of Evolution by Natural Selection completely changed the way we think about the natural world.  Seth Feldman guides us through Darwin's life and his revolutionary ideas.

Message in a Bottle

From Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Part of the CBC Award Winning Radio Programs series | 53:23

The story of two brilliant and celebrated composers whose music was lost during the Holocaust. 'Message In A Bottle is a Gold World Medal winner at the 2010 New York Festival.

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The music and lives of two composers Viktor Ullmann and Gideon Klein. 
Both men were imprisioned in Terezin, a "model ghetto" created by the Nazis.  This is where many of Europe's greatest artists, musician and writers were held, and expected to continue to create and perform during the Holocaust.  More than 70 years later, some of Ullmann and Klein's music has be re-discovered in attics, under beds and hidden in libraries around the world.  Megan Williams produced this documentary for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. It recently won a Gold World Medal in the history category at the 2010 New York Festivals.