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Calling on the Great Schnittke
Episode 3 of 4
Author Christopher Hope recalls helping to bring up his son Daniel, who has become a renowned violin player. The question is, how do a writer and a musician survive in the same family?
He discusses the importance in Daniel's life of the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke.
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Thu 13 Aug 200923:00
BBC Radio 3
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- Thu 13 Aug 200923:00BBC Radio 3
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