The concert is called now unity with ukraine. But it's not an anti russian programme by any stretch of the imagination. And we are doing tchaikovsky's second symphony, which includes a lot of ukranian folk melodies. They understood, and they had, they were a pleased. Some of them had expressed concern.
Vladimir Putin says the West is trying to erase 1,000 years of culture. Arts organizations say they have an obligation to respond to the war in Ukraine.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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