A life in music
Kate Molleson pays tribute to the soprano, Jane Manning; hears from Nicholas Kenyon about this new book 'The Life of Music', and speaks to composer and conductor, Tania LeΓ³n.
Kate Molleson is joined Claire Booth, Juliet Fraser and LorΓ© Lixenberg, three major contemporary music voices, as they pay tribute to the soprano Jane Manning who died this month. They discuss Jane's thirst for contemporary repertoire, her collaborative instinct which saw her premiere more than 350 new works by leading composers and her legendary fearless performances.
We hear from the writer and Managing Director of the Barbican Centre in London, Nicholas Kenyon. His new book The Life of Music is published this month. He describes how performance remains the life force of music, and how the classical music cannon is constantly evolving.
And finally, the composer and conductor Tania LeΓ³n speaks to Kate about her extraordinary journey from her native Cuba in 1967, to New York where she has become one of the leading music figures in the U.S.
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- Sat 17 Apr 2021 11:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Mon 19 Apr 2021 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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