Jeremy Denk and Missy Mazzoli
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to pianist Jeremy Denk, composer Missy Mazzoli discusses the dramatic range of her work, and Gillian Dooley's new discoveries on the music of Jane Austen.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to renowned American pianist, Jeremy Denk, ahead of his Wigmore Hall recital of Bach Partitas. He discusses his passion for Bach and the profound impact and connection he has when he plays his music.
Sara talks to Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli ahead of the day-long immersion into her work with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Together they explore what it means for Missy Mazzoli to be a composer today and the stories that she likes to tell through her work.
Writer Gillian Dooley discusses her new discoveries when researching her new book, βShe Played and Sang: Jane Austen and musicβ. She tells Sara more about the role music held in Jane Austenβs life and highlights the importance of it on the characters in her novels. With the help of film critic, Lillian Crawford, we are also taken on a journey through the pastiche film scores that have accompanied adaptations of Austenβs novels over the last 30 years.
Plus Donne foundation founder Gabriella di Laccio talks to Sara ahead of her record-breaking acoustic concert, 24 hours of continuous music by female and non-binary composers.
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