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Twenty Minutes: Quakers Don't Sing

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Quakers Don't Sing

28/08/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Quakers Don't Sing

A montage of thoughts on the Quaker movement's relationship to music and silence.

Actress Judi Dench, novelist Margaret Elphinstone and composer Sally Beamish contribute to a montage of thoughts on the meaning of silence and music in the Quaker movement.

Many creative people have found a spiritual home amongst the Quaker movement in our noisy modern world but one thing seems to be missing from this most peaceful of all gatherings - music. Dame Judi Dench, novelist Margaret Elphinstone and the composer Sally Beamish contribute to a montage of thoughts, akin to a Quaker meeting discussion, and reveal their own relationships with silence and music.

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