Rostropovich – a Life in Music

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The great cellist, conductor and campaigner for human rights Mstislav Rostropovich talks about composers who have written music for him and become his friends, including Sergei Prokofiev, Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shotakovich. Plus: combining ancient Persian literature, Iranian folk music and Western classical music; and Chinese pianist Yundi Lee plays Chopin.