Britten and Radio.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ historian David Hendy, poet Glyn Maxwell, biographer Kate Kennedy and Lucy Walker of the Britten-Pears Foundation explore Britten's relationship with radio and television.
David Hendy, Glyn Maxwell, Kate Kennedy and Lucy Walker with Philip Dodd and an audience at Aldeburgh in a discussion exploring Britten's relationship with radio in Britain and in America, with his subjects as varied as mountaineering (with words from Christopher Isherwood), a dramatisation of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr's Odyssey and short stories by D.H. Lawrence (with a young W.H. Auden). But why was Britten so reluctant to accept a job at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Music department in the 1930s?
David Hendy is a historian of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and Professor of Media and Cultural History at the University of Sussex.
Glyn Maxwell is a poet and librettist who has traced the journey of Auden and MacNeice to Iceland.
Kate Kennedy is a biographer and editor of the forthcoming 'Literary Britten',
Lucy Walker is Director of Programmes and Learning at the Britten-Pears Foundation.
Recorded in front of an audience as part of the Britten on the Radio weekend at the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings.
Producer: Fiona McLean.
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Benjamin Britten and Radio
David Hendy, Glyn Maxwell, Kate Kennedy and Lucy Walker with an audience at Aldeburgh.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Presenter | Philip Dodd |
Interviewed Guest | Glyn Maxwell |
Interviewed Guest | David Hendy |
Interviewed Guest | Kate Kennedy |
Interviewed Guest | Lucy Walker |
Producer | Fiona McLean |
Broadcast
- Wed 1 Nov 2017 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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