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If you don’t know anything else about poet Dylan Thomas, you’ve probably heard his most famous line: “Do not go gentle into that good night.” The Welsh writer loved the sounds of words as much as their meanings, and he famously played the English language like a musical instrument. It’s fitting, then that American composer John Corigliano decided to make actual music out of Thomas’ words. This week the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Chorus released the first ever recording of Corigliano’s oratorio, called “A Dylan Thomas Trilogy.” WPLN’s Kim Green reports.
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