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A New Master of Lieder Chooses Unique Material for His Debut

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new recording by the young Danish baritone singer Bo Skovhus

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Other segments from the episode on June 27, 1995

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, June 27, 1995: Interview with John Hockenberry; Review of Bo Skovhus's album "Lieder on Poems by Joseph von Eichendorff"; Obituary for Esther Rome.
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Journalist John Hockenberry on Overcoming Obstacles

Hockenberry spent more than a decade with National Public Radio as a general assignment reporter, Middle East correspondent, and program host. Until now, he made a point of never mentioning that he is paralyzed from the waist down. He writes of his life's obstacles and accomplishments in his new book Moving Violations (Hyperion).

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Remembering Esther Rome

Rome cofounded the Boston's Women's Health Collective, which published the book that became women's bible for healthcare, Our Bodies Ourselves. She talked with Terry in 1990 when the Women's Health Collective was celebrating it's 20th anniversary. Rome died of breast cancer on Saturday, June 24, 1995.

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