Thursday, 18. December 2003
Topic: MUSIK - on December 18, 2003 at 4:12:00 PM CET
Play that fungi music
When it comes to mushrooms, a Prague composer knows the score
Deep in a forest on the outskirts of Prague, Vaclav Halek stands above a small cluster of mushrooms, pen poised above a sheet of music paper.
Within seconds he is rapidly scribbling notes, stopping only to chuckle delightedly, his hand waving in the air as if conducting an orchestra. Ten minutes later he has completed a score, "sung" to him by the Tubaria hiemalis (Krzatka zimni) below.
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