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20th anniversary, here is another chance to see Sarah Montagues hardtalk interview with one of britains most celebrated composers, sirjohn tavener, filmed just months before his death in 2013. Welcome to hardtalk. Im sarah montague. Sirjohn tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. In doing so, he has become one of britains most celebrated living composers. A0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist and new age. Since then, he has defied the critic the Protecting Veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. Many years ...

Im sarah montague. Sirjohn tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. In doing so, he has become one of britains most celebrated living composers. A0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist, new age. But since then, he has defied the critics. The Protecting Veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. Six years ago, he had a heart attack that nearly killed him, and since then, he says, everything has changed his music, his outlook on life, and his faith. So what happened, and how did he change . Sirjohn tavener, welcome...

Im sarah montague. Sirjohn tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. In doing so, he has become one of britains most celebrated living composers. A0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist, new age. But since then, he has defied the critics. The Protecting Veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. Six years ago, he had a heart attack that nearly killed him, and since then, he says, everything has changed his music, his outlook on life, and his faith. So what happened, and how did he change . Sirjohn tavener, welcome...

My e-mail box on a regular basis. iate found myself a target of militant islamists. authorities say they have thought arrested anyone in connection with this murder. a police officer tells cnn he believes the attack was the work of some kind of fanatics. >> in cases like this how successful are police agencies police in bangladesh how successful are they when it comes down to tracking down the people behind these attacks? >> reporter: it's important to note that this murder again, of a prominent and vocal atheist writer is taking place against a broader context of backdrop of violence that doe...

How does that grouping fit in with your philosophy? in other words, how do you share -- >> optionally. i don't think that family is the necessary unit of society. >> so doctrinaire paul ryan has shaped his thinking, based his career on a russian atheist writer who says she doesn't think the family is a necessary unit of society. imagine! imagine if barack obama had been a devoted follower of a russian atheist who insists that the family unit is unnecessary. imagine what mitt romney would be saying about that foreign philosophy. imagine what the fox news players would be saying. fox news will n...