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Clive Myrie is in conversation with news correspondents about the music they鈥檝e heard whilst reporting from the front line. With his own extensive experience of covering wars and conflicts, and his personal love of opera and jazz, Clive and Paul Conroy share stories to reveal something of the power and significance of music when working in extreme conflict situations.

Paul is an award-winning photojournalist who鈥檚 worked extensively in combat zones such as the Balkans, the Middle East, and Libya. He worked alongside Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin. His many musical memories whilst working include hearing Vaughan Williams鈥� Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis whilst filming the Kosovo border exodus. Having Saint-Sa毛ns鈥� Danse Macabre in his head whilst smuggling himself from Budapest into Belgrade under a bus when NATO were bombing Serbia. He listened to Rimsky-Korsakov鈥檚 Scheherezade on a loop during the Iraq invasion. And during an illegal nighttime border crossing with Marie Colvin and the Free Syrian Army, he remembers having Grieg鈥檚 In The Hall Of The Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite rattling through his brain as they tiptoed through land mines.

Producer: Rosie Boulton
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