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Musical Connection

Kate Molleson looks back on a year of musical connection and reflection as she revisits some of the guests we have featured on Music Matters.

Kate Molleson looks back on a year of musical connection and reflection as she revisits some of the guests we have featured on Music Matters.

Kate talks to American composer, vocalist, dancer and film artist, Meredith Monk and she shares her thoughts on nature, art and resilience through the age of pandemic.

Tom Service and South African soprano, Golda Schultz look back on Golda’s memorable appearance at the 2020 Last Night of the Proms.

Earlier this month, the celebrated opera director Sir Graham Vick died at the age of 67. He founded Birmingham Opera Company in 1987, and we hear Tom Service’s report from the community production of Verdi’s Otello.

And finally, Kate talks to Betsy Jolas, the French composer who moved to the US in the 1940s, as she approaches her 95th birthday in August. They talk about composition, analysis and how to start writing a new piece.

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Mon 26 Jul 2021 22:00
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