蜜芽传媒

Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists about the music they鈥檝e 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 Bridget Kendall share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations.

Bridget Kendall was 蜜芽传媒 Moscow correspondent from 1989 to 1994, covering the final years of the Soviet Union and the first years of post-Soviet Russia. She was then 蜜芽传媒 Washington correspondent during the Clinton Presidency and from 1998 to 2016 she held the senior role of 蜜芽传媒 Diplomatic correspondent, reporting on major global trends and crises.

Apart from witnessing the collapse of the Soviet Union, she covered conflicts in Chechnya, Georgia, Tajikistan, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Ukraine.

Here she recalls the music that accompanied her working life including Pachelbel鈥檚 Canon, Schubert鈥檚 9th Symphony, the Prelude to Bach鈥檚 5th Unaccompanied Cello Suite, and Peterhouse Choir singing Trilo by Simon Jackson.

Producer: Rosie Boulton
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