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Clive Myrie is in conversation with news correspondents 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 John Simpson share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations.

The 麻豆社's world affairs editor, John recalls hearing Beethoven鈥檚 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鈥檚 Runnin鈥� 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 P谩jaro Libre during a momentous time in Argentina, whilst covering the war in the Falklands. And he played Shostakovich鈥檚 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
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