Private Passions
Claim This PodcastHosted by Michael Berkeley
Published by BBC Radio 3
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<p>Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical passions and talk about the influence music has had on their lives.</p>
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Publishing Since
6/2/2013
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506 total episodes available with 17 transcripts
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Lyse Doucet, journalist
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[…] And of course, for me as a Canadian member of the Commonwealth, the BBC became my passport to continue to travel far and wide. Well, let's indulge your love of the violin now then. What have you chosen? I have to say it was a seminal moment for me when, here in London, I was able to see performing live Kyung Wah-chung, the celebrated South Korean violinist, and she had not been on the stage for a long time. Memories sometimes can be physical, and I can still remember sitting in my seat and watching her on the stage. And the way she held the violin, the violinist and the violin became one. It was one of those moments where I understood the relationship between the two and was absolutely gorgeous. […]
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