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10/07/2011
In conversation with Shami Chakrabarti, Mark Tully discusses how far we should go to stand up for our principles. With readings by Alistair McGowan and Adjoa Andoh.
In 'A Matter of Principle', Mark Tully discusses just how far we should go to stand up for what we believe in. Principles are usually, by definition, worth fighting for. They are high-minded, honourable things and when people stand up for their principles, real, positive changes are often made. Yet the risk of fighting for a principle can also be very great and can sometimes cause extraordinary pain without achieving anything at all.
In the company of Shami Chakrabarti, the Director of 'Liberty', Mark Tully examines this paradox and asks whether some principles should be more absolute than others. The subject is illustrated with readings from the works of T. E Lawrence, W.H. Auden, Jackie Kay and Claude McKay and with music from Bob Marley, Joan Baez and Mikis Theodorakis.
The readers are Alistair McGowan and Adjoa Andoh.
Producer: Frank Stirling
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Get Up, Stand Up
Composer: Bob Marley and Peter Tosh
- Africa Unite: The Singles Collection.
- Island Records.
- BMW CD4 / 983 475 2.
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Philip Glass
Scene 3, Act 1
Performer: The New York City Opera, Orchestra and Chorus
- Satyagraha.
- Euphorbia Records.
- M3K 39672.
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Mikis Theodorakis
A Emilianon Zapata
Performer: Dimitris Typaldos Children鈥檚 Choir
- Olympia.
- FM Records.
- B001FRYMQ0.
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Julia Ward Howe
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Performer: Joan Baez
- Joan Baez in Concert Part 2.
- Vanguard Records.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Gulliver Suite
Performer: Andrew Manze and Caroline Balding
- 12 Fantasias / Gulliver Suite.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- LC 7045.
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Krzysztof Penderecki
Agnus Dei
Performer: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Chorus
- A Polish Requiem / The Dream of Jacob.
- Chandos Records.
- CHAN 9459/60.
Broadcasts
- Sun 10 Jul 2011 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 10 Jul 2011 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4