Government Song Woman

Government Song Woman

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Sound Sources

Paul McCartney, Jean-Michel Jarre and Lee Renaldo on their debt to classical music. 

Time Canvasses - Morton Feldman and Abstract Expressionism

In a remarkable moment after WWII New York became the centre of the art world, simultaneously seeing the development of new ways of hearing music, and new ways of seeing art. It was here that the American experimental composer Morton Feldman said, “What was great about the fiftie ...  عرض المزيد

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Angélique Kidjo
This Cultural Life

Angélique Kidjo, often described as "the queen of African music", has recorded fifteen albums, worked with a diverse array of musical collaborators from Burna Boy and Alcia Keys to Philip Glass and Peter Gabriel, and won five Grammy Awards. In 2023 she was the recipient of the Po ...  عرض المزيد

Clive Myrie, journalist
Desert Island Discs

Clive Myrie is an award-winning journalist and news presenter who is one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents. In 2021 he took over from John Humphrys as Question Master of the quiz show Mastermind and has also presented travel programmes about Italy and the Carib ...  عرض المزيد

John Adams
This Cultural Life

The work of composer and conductor John Adams blends the rhythmic vitality of Minimalism with late-Romantic orchestral harmonies. He emerged alongside Philip Glass, Steve Reich and other musical minimalists in the early 1970s, and his reputation grew with symphonic work and opera ...  عرض المزيد

Norma Percy, film-maker
Desert Island Discs

Norma Percy is a documentary film-maker. She has been making programmes for over three decades and her productions have featured a range of political leaders from Tony Blair and Bill Clinton to Mikhail Gorbachev and Slobodan Milošević. Her film-making method, which she developed ...  عرض المزيد