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World Service,04 Aug 1998,28 mins

Russian composer Alfred Schnittke

Meridian

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The legacy of the Soviet composer is explored after he dies aged 63. Also on the programme: American film director Hal Hartley on his stage play Soon and a review of the production at the Salzburg Festival; a report from the Zimbabwe Book Fair; the Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum talks about her work at a major retrospective of her career in Edinburgh; the director and cast of R&J, a new spin on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet on Broadway.

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