Episodes
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| Christina Lamb | 20240921 | Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Christina Lamb share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. Christina Lamb is Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Sunday Times. She's covered wars from Iraq to Libya, Angola to Syria and repression from Eritrea to Zimbabwe. Her writing particularly highlights the effects of war on women and children - the girls abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria, Yazidi sex slaves in Iraq, and the plight of Afghan women. She's perhaps best known for her bestselling books I Am Malala, The Girl from Aleppo and Our Bodies, Their Battlefield. Here she recalls the music that's accompanied her working life: hearing Louis Armstrong when she'd fled from Russian tanks in Afghanistan; opera in the middle of the Amazon and ballet music in Ukraine. Tchaikovsky's Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor Op.23 for piano and orchestra - 1st movement; performed by Evgeny Kissin with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan Elgar's Concerto in E minor Op.85 for cello and orchestra – 3rd movement, played by Jacqueline du Pré with the LSO conducted by Sir John Barbirolli Muddhu gare yashoda (raga) played by Daud Sadozai & Bakary Sangaré What a Wonderful World sung by Louis Armstrong composed by Weiss/Douglas Vesti la Giubba from Il Pagliacci by Leoncavallo sung by Enrico Caruso Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo by Cecilia McDowall. The National Children's Choir of Great Britain conducted by Dan Ludford-Thomas Moderato and Allegretto from La Bayadère ballet by Ludwig Minkus. The Sofia National Opera Orchestra, conducted by Boris Spassov Producer: Rosie Boulton A Must Try Softer Production Clive Myrie in conversation with Sunday Times Chief Foreign Correspondent Christina Lamb The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about music heard in their working lives. Sunday Times Chief Foreign Correspondent Christina Lamb shares music and stories |
| Janine Di Giovanni | 20241005 |  Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Janine di Giovanni share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. Janine is a multi-award-winning journalist who reported stories of conflicts around the globe for nearly 30 years - the siege of Sarajevo; the Rwandan genocide; the brutal wars in Sierra Leone, Somalia, Ivory Coast and Liberia to Chechnya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Gaza. Janine founded and directs The Reckoning Project, a transitional justice organization training Ukrainian researchers to gather legally admissible testimonies documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here she recalls the music that's accompanied her working life: Schumann's Kinderszenen with orphaned children in Sarajevo; the final movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata expressed the madness of war she experienced in Serbia; and Barber's Adagio for Strings accompanied her when she encountered a house full of abandoned blind people after the fall of Grozny in Chechnya. I'd Love to Change the World by Ten Years After. Schumann's Kinderszenen (Träumerei and Kind im Einschlummern) played by Vladimir Horowitz. 3rd Movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played by Daniel Barenboim. Barber's Adagio for Strings, Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Moon River by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini performed by Frank Ocean. Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit by Bach arranged by György Kurtág, played by György and Márta Kurtág. Final movement Mahler's 9th Symphony, Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Producer: Rosie Boulton A Must Try Softer Production Clive Myrie is in conversation with multi-award-winning war reporter Janine di Giovanni. The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about music heard in their working lives. Multi-award-winning war reporter Janine di Giovanni shares music and stories. |
| John Simpson | 20240629 | Clive Myrie is in conversation with news correspondents about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and John Simpson share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. The BBC's world affairs editor, John recalls hearing Beethoven's song: The Pulse of an Irishman at the start of his career as a foreign correspondent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, whilst learning how to cover wars and deal with danger. He remembers discovering Duke Ellington's Runnin' Wild on a 78 record in the main souk in Baghdad in 1990. It became a constant musical companion, summing up the First Gulf War for him. He heard Mercedes Sosa sing Como un Pájaro Libre during a momentous time in Argentina, whilst covering the war in the Falklands. And he played Shostakovich's 7th Symphony throughout the Second Gulf War in 2003 where he came closest to being killed, and covered the civil war until 2011. Producer: Natalie Steed Executive Producer: Rosie Boulton John Simpson talks about music he's heard while reporting from conflict zones. Clive Myrie in conversation with news correspondents. He and John Simpson share stories revealing music's power and significance when reporting from extreme conflict situations. |
| John Suchet | 20240720 | Clive Myrie is in conversation with news correspondents about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and John Suchet share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. Former ITN newsman, Beethoven expert and music presenter, John remembers playing an LP in his hotel room of Maria Callas singing Carmen whilst reporting on the 1968 Paris Revolution. Playing Rodrigo's Aranjuez concerto on his Walkman whilst witnessing the horrors of the 1979 Iran revolution. Having Wagner's Entry of the Gods into Valhalla in his head during the 1980 Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. And in 1984, he says: I was heading east from Cyprus to Lebanon, the only passenger on a ship that was steaming towards Beirut: a city in the grip of civil war. At midnight, I went up on deck. I could see a red haze on the horizon; we were travelling towards it. I took my battered old Walkman out of my pocket and played Beethoven's ‘Eroica' Symphony. Producer: Natalie Steed Executive producer: Rosie Boulton A Must Try Softer Production Clive Myrie talks to John Suchet about music he heard while reporting from conflict zones The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie in conversation with news correspondents. He and John Suchet share stories to reveal the power and significance of music when reporting from conflict situations. |
| Lynsey Addario | 20241012 |  Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Lynsey Addario share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist who's been covering conflict, humanitarian crises, and women's issues around the Middle East and Africa for more than two decades. She's taken award-winning photographs for the front pages of The New York Times and National Geographic Magazine of conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, Darfur, South Sudan, Somalia, the DRC, Yemen, Syria, and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Here she recalls the music that's accompanied her working life: The Prelude and Courante from Bach's First Cello Suite played by Yo Yo Ma. Khuttar written and performed by Ilham al-Madfai. Wada Na Tod sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor played by Maria-Joao Pires. Daydreamer performed by Adele. The slow movement from Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played by Paul Lewis. Cuando by Michel Elefteriades performed by Hanine. Vivaldi's Four Seasons Allegro (Spring), Nigel Kennedy with the English Chamber Orchestra. Take me Home, Country Roads sung by John Denver. Producer: Rosie Boulton A Must Try Softer Production Clive Myrie is in conversation with award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario. The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about music heard in their working lives. Award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario shares music and stories. The Prelude from Bach's Sixth Cello Suite played by Yo-Yo Ma. Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor played by Maria Joao Pires. Khuttar performed by Ilham Al Madfai. |
| Lyse Doucet | 20240706 | Clive Myrie is in conversation with news correspondents about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Lyse Doucet share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. As BBC Presenter and Chief International Correspondent, Lyse's working life is full of encounters with music and musicians. When she was starting out as a freelance journalist in conflict situations in Chad, Liberia, Burkina Faso, she fell in love with the playing of Korean violinist Kyung-Wha Chung and Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto in E minor was a constant companion during her travels. She heard Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in B Minor K27 at the height of the Syrian war in the Damascus Opera House. It felt like a mournful elegy to a lost land. In 2021 she attended the last rehearsal by the Afghan National Orchestra before the Taliban swept into Kabul and destroyed the Conservatoire. They were rehearsing Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the Ode to Joy. She still can't believe that everything then fell apart so quickly. Producer: Rosie Boulton A Must Try Softer Production Lyse Doucet tells Clive Myrie about music she's heard while reporting from conflict zones. The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie in conversation with news correspondents. He and Lyse Doucet share stories revealing the power and meaning of music when reporting from extreme conflict situations. " Clive Myrie is in conversation with news correspondents about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Lyse Doucet share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. As BBC Presenter and Chief International Correspondent, Lyse's working life is full of encounters with music and musicians. When she was starting out as a freelance journalist in conflict situations in Chad, Liberia, Burkina Faso, she fell in love with the playing of Korean violinist Kyung-Wha Chung and Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto in E minor was a constant companion during her travels. She heard Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in B Minor K27 at the height of the Syrian war in the Damascus Opera House. It felt like a mournful elegy to a lost land. In 2021 she attended the last rehearsal by the Afghan National Orchestra before the Taliban swept into Kabul and destroyed the Conservatoire. They were rehearsing Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the Ode to Joy. She still can't believe that everything then fell apart so quickly. Producer: Rosie Boulton Lyse Doucet tells Clive Myrie about music she's heard while reporting from conflict zones. Clive Myrie in conversation with news correspondents. He and Lyse Doucet share stories revealing the power and meaning of music when reporting from extreme conflict situations. |
| Matt Frei | 20240928 |  Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Matt Frei share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. Matt Frei is Europe Editor and Presenter at Channel 4 News. He started work in the BBC World Service and became the BBC's Washington Correspondent, anchoring the BBC World News America. Matt recalls music that's accompanied his working life: hearing Kurt Weill as the Berlin Wall came down; distracting himself with Palestrina during a terrifying boat ride in Borneo; listening to Strauss' Four Last Songs whilst witnessing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. • Mack the Knife from Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera sung by Ute Lemper with the RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta conducted by John Mauceri. • Una furtiva lagrima from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore sung by Luciano Pavarotti with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge. • Kyrie from Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli. Harry Christophers conducting The Sixteen. • Nocturne in B major, Op. 32, No. 1 played by Artur Rubinstein • Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti. • Im Abendrot from Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss sung by Jessye Norman with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester conducted by Kurt Masur Producer: Rosie Boulton. A Must Try Softer Production. Clive Myrie is in conversation with Channel 4's Europe Editor, Matt Frei The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about music heard in their working lives. Channel 4's Europe Editor Matt Frei shares music and stories " Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Matt Frei share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. Matt Frei is Europe Editor and Presenter at Channel 4 News. He started work in the BBC World Service and became the BBC's Washington Correspondent, anchoring the BBC World News America. Matt recalls music that's accompanied his working life: hearing Kurt Weill as the Berlin Wall came down; distracting himself with Palestrina during a terrifying boat ride in Borneo; listening to Strauss' Four Last Songs whilst witnessing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. • Mack the Knife from Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera sung by Ute Lemper with the RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta conducted by John Mauceri. • Una furtiva lagrima from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore sung by Luciano Pavarotti with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge. • Kyrie from Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli. Harry Christophers conducting The Sixteen. • Nocturne in B major, Op. 32, No. 1 played by Artur Rubinstein • Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti. • Im Abendrot from Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss sung by Jessye Norman with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester conducted by Kurt Masur Producer: Rosie Boulton. A Must Try Softer Production. Clive Myrie is in conversation with Channel 4's Europe Editor, Matt Frei The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about music heard in their working lives. Channel 4's Europe Editor Matt Frei shares music and stories Clive Myrie in conversation with news correspondents about music heard on the front line. |
| Paul Conroy | 20240713 | Clive Myrie is in conversation with news correspondents about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars and conflicts, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Paul Conroy share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. Paul is an award-winning photojournalist who's worked extensively in combat zones such as the Balkans, the Middle East, and Libya. He worked alongside Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin. His many musical memories whilst working include hearing Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis whilst filming the Kosovo border exodus. Having Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre in his head whilst smuggling himself from Budapest into Belgrade under a bus when NATO were bombing Serbia. He listened to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade on a loop during the Iraq invasion. And during an illegal nighttime border crossing with Marie Colvin and the Free Syrian Army, he remembers having Grieg's In The Hall Of The Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite rattling through his brain as they tiptoed through land mines. Producer: Rosie Boulton A Must Try Softer Production Clive Myrie talks with Paul about music he's heard whilst photographing conflict zones. The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie is in conversation with news reporters. He and photojournalist Paul Conroy share stories to reveal the power of music when reporting from extreme conflict situations. " Clive Myrie is in conversation with news correspondents about the music they've heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars and conflicts, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Paul Conroy share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations. Paul is an award-winning photojournalist who's worked extensively in combat zones such as the Balkans, the Middle East, and Libya. He worked alongside Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin. His many musical memories whilst working include hearing Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis whilst filming the Kosovo border exodus. Having Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre in his head whilst smuggling himself from Budapest into Belgrade under a bus when NATO were bombing Serbia. He listened to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade on a loop during the Iraq invasion. And during an illegal nighttime border crossing with Marie Colvin and the Free Syrian Army, he remembers having Grieg's In The Hall Of The Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite rattling through his brain as they tiptoed through land mines. Producer: Rosie Boulton A Must Try Softer Production Clive Myrie talks with Paul about music he's heard whilst photographing conflict zones. The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Clive Myrie is in conversation with news reporters. He and photojournalist Paul Conroy share stories to reveal the power of music when reporting from extreme conflict situations. |