Earlier this month I listened to the journalist Dorothy Byrne interviewed on Desert Island Discs. She described the overwhelming experience of hearing Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated for the first time, and as the continuing chilling events have unfolded worldwide, this piece has remained in the back of my mind. The evocative main theme, a Chilean revolutionary song, has become a personal anthem of resistance to the pandemic, a rallying tune to whistle during the long days of isolation. Continue reading The People United Will Never Be Defeated