The Last Refuge...?
Clip: Season 2 | 8m 9s
Unconditional love of country can be blinding. But artists find ways to express patriotism with eyes wide open.
Aired: 12/05/17
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The Havana Lyceum Orchestra is proof of classical music’s resonance in Cuba.
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Elizabeth Turk: The Edge of Gravity
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The Staying Power of Peter Shire
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The Staying Power of Peter Shire
The Care and Feeding of Michelle Cuevas
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The Care and Feeding of Michelle Cuevas
Mason Bates: Classical Disrupter
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Mason Bates: Classical Disrupter
Joan Shelley: Not Over By Half
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Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indefatigable Spirit
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