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Podcast: The Music Show
Episode: One Queen of the Cross, two Finnish fiddlers and a century of women composers
Description: In the 1960s, the Les Girls Revue made Carlotta a star, and earned her the moniker “Queen of the Cross”. In Sydney’s red light district, she made a name for herself before hitting the road – she’d be the first to remind you that Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is at least partially based on her rural tours. Now she’s contemplating (but not committing to) retirement, she looks back at her career as an entertainer with Andrew Ford. Maria Grenfell is a composer for the concert hall and for film, and also a teacher of composition at...