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17:45 Tue 23 Aug 2016 Imperial College Union
Ahead of tonight’s performance of Rachmaninov’s *Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rev. Richard Coles and poet Imtiaz Dharker discuss the Devil in Christian and Islamic cultures.
Ahead of tonight’s performance of Rachmaninov’s *Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rev. Richard Coles and poet Imtiaz Dharker discuss the Devil in Christian and Islamic cultures.

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Proms interval talks: Devils
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Proms interval talks: Devils
Rev Richard Coles and Imtiaz Dharker explore the Devil in Christian and Islamic cultures.
Aug '16BBC Radio 3

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Popular myth suggests that the violinist and composer Paganini sold his soul to the Devil in order to become a musical prodigy. Ahead of tonight’s performance of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rev. Richard Coles and poet Imtiaz Dharker discuss the Devil in Christian and Islamic cultures.

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