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The Seckerson Tapes: Fidelio in Bergen

Edward Seckerson Sunday, 06 October 2013

In the listening room of Grieg Hall, Bergen, a concert hall sometimes masquerading as a theatre and vice versa, I talk to Mary Miller, director of Bergen National Opera, and Andrew Litton, music...

The Seckerson Tapes: Benjamin Wallfisch

Edward Seckerson Sunday, 23 June 2013

Benjamin Wallfisch was born into an extraordinarily musical family. His father Raphael Wallfisch is a cellist of international repute and his grandmother Anita Lasker-Wallfisch would not be alive...

The Seckerson Tapes: Lucy Schaufer

Edward Seckerson Saturday, 04 May 2013

Lucy Schaufer has always been one to confound our expectations. As she puts it herself, she’s “an American in London, conceived within the American Dream and living in the Old World.” As an...

The Seckerson Tapes: Ian Bostridge

Edward Seckerson Sunday, 21 April 2013

It comes as no surprise that international tenor Ian Bostridge plays a significant part in EMI and Virgin Classics‘ contribution to Britten 100. In this exclusive audio podcast he discusses the...

The Seckerson Tapes: Colin Currie

Edward Seckerson Sunday, 07 April 2013

The evolution of the solo percussionist has advanced dramatically over the last couple of decades and among the superstars of the hardware that can be struck and pounded or caressed and stroked is...

The Seckerson Tapes: Heldentenor Ian Storey

Edward Seckerson Sunday, 24 March 2013

In 2007 the English tenor, Ian Storey, made a dramatic and highly visible debut as Tristan in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the season opening of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Daniel...

The Seckerson Tapes: Jan Vogler, Dresden Music Festival

Edward Seckerson Sunday, 17 March 2013

The 36th Dresden Music Festival has a big title and even bigger ambitions. Empire is a theme which Artistic Director Jan Vogler hopes will embrace not just the cultural achievements of the British...

The Arts Desk Radio Show 11

theartsdesk Monday, 11 March 2013

Another session of Peter, Joe, some amazing records and some musing on their whys and wherefores - originally broadcast live on NTS Radio out of London's fashionable Dalston.

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The Arts Desk Radio Show 10

theartsdesk Saturday, 23 February 2013

Quite possibly because the sun was shining, even if it wasn’t actually warm as such, this show presented by Joe Muggs and Peter Culshaw got its groove on. There was shuffling about the NTS studio...

Video: The Arts Desk/London Art Fair Debate

Fisun Güner Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Matthew Collings was snowed in in Norfolk, so was sadly unable to join us, but the weather didn’t defeat The Arts Desk/London Art Fair debate. The Art Newspaper’s market expert Melanie Girles and...