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Gerda and Olcott A vacation in San Francisco, a flea market, and the chance purchase of old love letters. So begins a remarkable journey of love lost and found. Kyla Sweet Producer: Yvonne Gall Outfront Opening and Closing Theme available - (see Timing and Cues section for more details) SEE ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS
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Piece Description
Gerda and Olcott A vacation in San Francisco, a flea market, and the chance purchase of old love letters. So begins a remarkable journey of love lost and found. Kyla Sweet Producer: Yvonne Gall Outfront Opening and Closing Theme available - (see Timing and Cues section for more details) SEE ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS
Broadcast History
Broadcast on CBC Radio's Outfront
November 22, 2005
Timing and Cues
Runs: 15:09
IN: (music fades up 9 secs) "My name is Kyla...
OUT: ...this has been Outfront." (last words at 13:43, music to end)
Outfront Opening and Closing Themes available (free) in a separate file found in the Outfront Series, the piece entitled: OUTFRONT THEMES. The file contains 1 minute of Opening Theme and 2:30 of Outfront Closing Theme.
Outfront opening theme can be used to begin the item. Play theme for approximately 20 secs and fade under introduction.
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Musical Works
Title: Love Letters Straight from your Heart
Artist: Barb Jungr
Album: Love Me Tender
Label: Linn Records AKD 255
Year: 2005
Length of Excerpt: 2 mins.
Title: Old Family Portrait
Artist: Kostia
Album: Romance: Music for Piano (Various Artists) #ND 61045
Label: Narada
Year: 1994
Length of Excerpt: 1 min.
Title: Shape of Her Face
Artist: Michael Whalen
Album: Hidden Beauty; The Evolution of Sound #ND 63922
Label: Narada
Length of Excerpt: 1 min.
Label: Narada
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Review of Gerda and Olcott
Gerda and Olcott is the kind of love story that would have any Hollywood film executive drooling over his/her wheatgrass martini. The setting is San Francisco and the story involves a flea market, a stack of 40-year-old love letters, the intersection of two long-distance relationships, and some serious sleuthing takes this story in an unexpected direction. Thanks to Outfront, public radio gets first dibs on this dreamy, real-life story . This is perfect radio for Valentine's Day programming. Without the context of this romantic day the piece does lose some of its charm.