Current Affairs Vaclav Halek - composer inspired by the plaintive cry...of the mushroom
For the last 20 years, the composer and passionate mushroom-picker Vaclav Halek has been strolling through Bohemia's woods and fields, carrying a traditional mushroom-picker's basket, a small knife, and a notebook with the musical scale. Vaclav Halek claims he can hear the "song" of the mushroom, and has more than 2,000 compositions to prove it - from film and theatre scores right up to a full symphony. He's even produced a "Musical Atlas of Mushrooms", complete with its own CD. Rob Cameron went for a walk in the woods with this rather unorthodox composer.
Musical Atlas of Mushrooms
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