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The Seckerson Tapes: Fidelio in Bergen
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... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Benjamin Wallfisch
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... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Lucy Schaufer
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... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Ian Bostridge
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... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Colin Currie
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... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Heldentenor Ian Storey
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... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Jan Vogler, Dresden Music Festival
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... Read more... |
The Arts Desk Radio Show 11
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. This time... Read more... |
The Arts Desk Radio Show 10
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... Read more... |
Video: The Arts Desk/London Art Fair Debate
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... Read more... |
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