Lost and Found
Can loss be a force for renewal, a way of forcing us to adjust and experience things differently?
From the horrors of human suffering and plunder of ancient artefacts in war to the reshaping of musical traditions, we examine the notion of things lost and found.
British journalist Julian Borger reflects on the unmasking of some of the most notorious Balkan war criminals, Iraqi archaeologist Dr Lamia al-Gailani Werr mourns the loss of ancient relics in modern conflict and American pianist Bruce Brubaker deconstructs modern minimalist music.
(Photo: The inner walls of Babylon, Iraq)
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Where are the tunes in modern music?
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Julian Borger
Julian Borger covered the Bosnian War for the BBC and in
1999 returned to the Balkans to report on the Kosovo conflict for the Guardian
newspaper. He also served as their Middle East correspondent and Washington
Bureau Chief and is now their Diplomatic Editor.
His new book is called The Butcher’s Trail.
Lamia Al Galani Werr
Dr Lamia Al Galani Werr, is an archaeologist based at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London and currently in Baghdad where for ten years she worked at the Iraqi National Museum.
Bruce Brubaker
Bruce Brubaker is best known for his stripped down
arrangements of Philip Glass piano pieces. He is a celebrated performer and
also a teacher and writer, and is Chair of the piano department at New England
Conservatory in Boston in the United States.
His latest CD is called
Glass Piano.
Broadcasts
- Sat 16 Apr 201614:06GMTBBC World Service News Internet
Sat 16 Apr 201616:06GMTBBC World Service US Public Radio- Sun 17 Apr 201611:06GMTBBC World Service ANR
- Sun 17 Apr 201619:06GMTBBC World Service ANR
- Mon 18 Apr 201601:06GMTBBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean & Australasia, BBC World Service Core & BBC World Service ANR
- Mon 18 Apr 201604:06GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Tue 19 Apr 201606:06GMTBBC World Service US Public Radio
- Tue 19 Apr 201608:06GMTBBC World Service, BBC World Service Core & BBC World Service ANR
- Tue 19 Apr 201623:06GMTBBC World Service, BBC World Service Core, BBC World Service ANR & BBC World Service US Public Radio
- Wed 20 Apr 201601:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia
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