As we’ve been doing this week to end the show, we want to take a moment to relax in these unnerving times. Today, we listen to dueling Italian cities, Siena and Naples, where residents under lockdown are joining together in song, belting it out from a safe distance: their balconies. Marco Werman has more.
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