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Mark Tully discusses the importance of mentors in people's lives and the pleasures and pitfalls of being a mentor.

Particularly in the aftermath of disturbances like the British riots in August, youth mentoring programmes have been much a frequent topic for discussion in recent months.

In this edition of Something Understood, Mark Tully examines the important part a mentor can play in everybody's life. He also examines some of the attendant dangers in being a mentor, the temptation to exploit, patronize or underestimate a pupil, charge or protege.

Writer and broadcaster Malchi O'Doherty remembers his troubled relationship with his mentor for three years, a Hindu guru in India and we hear about mentors of all types from spiritual directors and schoolteachers to musicians and youth workers. With music from Bach, Tavener and Bernstein and readings from Denise Levertov and Umberto Eco.

The readers are Hattie Morahan and Dan Stevens.

Producer: Frank Stirling.
A Unique production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 Oct 2011 23:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto In D Minor Bwv 1043, "Double" 1. Vivace

    Performer: Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    • Bach Vivaldi Pinchas Zukerman.
    • CBS Masterworks Digital.
    • MK 37278.

  • Nickel Creek

    When You Come Back Down

    Composer: Tim O’Brien & Danny O’Keefe

    • Nickel Nickel Creek Creek.
    • Sugar Hill Records.
    • MK 37278.

  • James Horner

    Epilogue

    Performer: John Beal

    • Epilogue from The Name of the Rose.
    • BSX Records.
    • B002JBZ7YM.

  • Terry Gilkyson

    The Bare Necessities

    Performer: Phil Harris/Bruce Reitherman

    • The Jungle Book Original Soundtrack.
    • Disney Records.
    • B001WIFWF2.

  • John Tavener

    Ikon Ii

    Performer: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Welsh Symphony Orchestra, John Mark Ainsley, the Britten singers and Chester Festival Chorus

    • Taverner: We Shall See Him As He Is.
    • Chandos.
    • Unknown.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo

    Performer: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

    • Fiesta.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 477 7457.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Oct 2011 06:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 16 Oct 2011 23:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4