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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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45 minutes

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Wed 1 Nov 2017 22:00

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

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  • Wed 1 Nov 2017 22:00

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