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25/01/2009

Michael Berkeley's guest is writer and film-maker Tariq Ali, whose musical choices include Billie Holiday singing Strange Fruit, plus Gluck, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.

Michael Berkeley's guest is Pakistan-born writer and filmmaker Tariq Ali, whose books examine the often troubled political relationship between West and East.

A passionate music-lover, his choices begin with Billie Holiday singing Strange Fruit and end with a highly topical song by Hans Eisler and Bertold Brecht, taking in along the way music by Gluck, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and the great Muslim Sufi poet and musician Bulleh Shah.

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Sun 25 Jan 2009 12:00

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