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Jonathan Biss, Elizabeth Kenny, Susanna Malkki and Cheer Up!

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

Tom Service talks to pianist Jonathan Biss about how Beethoven can help us all through lockdown isolation, and to lutenist Elizabeth Kenny about the far-sighted Italian Renaissance pioneer, composer, lutenist and theorist Vincenzo Galilei - father of astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei. As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Tom talks to author Adrian Wright about his new book Cheer Up! - British Musical Films, 1929-1945. And, from the Music Matters archive, another chance to hear Tom's 2018 interview with dynamic Finnish conductor Susanna Malkki.

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44 minutes

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Mon 11 May 2020 22:00

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  • Sat 9 May 2020 11:45
  • Mon 11 May 2020 22:00

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