they ve been asked to denounce russia s military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guess is the world renowned soviet born conductor semyon bychkov. it is our the loser when politics takes centre stage? my guest is semyon bychkov. semyon bychkov, a very warm welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all the great musical mic stressors, you are peripatetic, your critics are all around the world, you are constantly travelling put up is there one place you can point to and say, that has done the most to define you as a person and an artist?. and an artist?. no, i don t think s0- and an artist?. no, i don t think so. maybe and an artist?. no, i don t think so. maybe because l and an artist?. no, i don t l think so. maybe because my destiny made it so that i was born in russia. i lived there 22 years before emigrating to america. . ., , ., . , america. leningrad was a city, when it was america. leningrad was a city, when it was called americ
her bible reading. she was choosing the services today, both the one in windsor and this much bigger formal one happening in a couple of hours from now. she s chosen the hymns and the readings. the new prime minister liz truss will be reciting one of those readings today. but as you said, this will not be a very long, boring service. thafr is something the royal family disapproved of. the queen has four children as we know and we ve seen them all over the course of the last ten days. eight grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. what is the role of the family in today s services and the importance of seeing them all across the time for the people of the uk? king charles is a symbol of the monarchy.
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