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The Beech-Wood Box

3/3/202625 min

Krassimira Belev (The Therapy) and acclaimed violinist Christian Hebel star in a Romani tale about how the very first violin came to be.

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:01

    WBUR Podcasts. Boston.

  2. Rebecca Sheir· Host0:04

    Think about a time you did something new. Did you learn a new skill? Visit a new place? Maybe you made something new. In today's story, a king challenges his people to do something very new, and it'll take a whole lot of magic to make it happen. [gentle music] I'm Rebecca Sheir, and welcome to Circle Round, where storytime happens all the time. Today our story is called The Beechwood Box. We found versions of this tale from Poland and Hungary, where they've been shared among the Roma, the largest ethnic minority in Europe. Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folktale, including Krassimira Beleff and Christian Habel. Krassimira Beleff is the award-winning writer, producer, and actor behind the acclaimed feature film, The Therapy. Violinist Christian Habel, whose voice and violin you're about to hear, has lent his talent to numerous gold, multi-platinum, Emmy Award, Academy Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning recordings, plus a few episodes of Circle Round. So circle round, everyone, for The Beechwood Box.

  3. Unknown speaker1:23

    [gentle music]

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