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Other segments from the episode on June 26, 1990
The Perfect Interpreter of the Poetic, Irish Composer is a Poetic, Irish Pianist.
Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new recording of John Field's Nocturnes, performed by Irish composer and pianist John O'Conor. (on the Telarc label).
Art, "Obscenity," and Federal Funds.
Artist David Wojnarowicz (voy-nah-ro-vich). His work has twice been the cause of controversy, once, when a political essay accompanying his work caused the NEA to suspend funding to a gallery, and more recently, when a conservative organization excerpted parts of his work to dramatize what it calls pornographic art. Wojnarowicz is now suing that organization for copyright infringement and libel.
A Chronicle of Revolution and Reform in Eastern Europe.
Book critic John Leonard reviews "Magic Lantern," journalist Timothy Garton Ash's account of the democracy movement in Eastern Europe.
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