So great (and rare) to see a piece of theatre that knocks your socks off.
Rosie Sheehy gives a tour de force performance in Sophie Treadwell’s #Machinal , deftly directed by Richard Jones. Top cast, set, lighting & movement direction (Sarah Fahie). On till 1 June The Old Vic

‘Blue-jean baby
L.A. lady
seamstress for the band…’

People from Galway to Pennsylvania talk about why Elton John & Bernie Taupin’s Tiny Dancer means so much to them. 10.30 Sat 4 May BBC Radio 4 Producer Sally Heaven #Elton #TinyDancer
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#WorldPressFreedomDay2024

Susan considers herself to be a Thoroughly Modern Woman - she’s been on a Pride march & she drives a Tesla. But she still keeps putting her foot in it. New Short Work written & read by Bita Taghavi, produced by Alison Crawford 15.45 Fri 3rd May BBC Radio 4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

'It's time for composers to take the lead again. Promise me, Ivan, that you'll continue to be brave.' Errollyn Wallen issues a call to arms in Letters to a Young Composer, The Essay 21.45 Fri 3 May BBC Radio 3 catch up BBC Sounds Produced by Martin Williams bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Wonderful edition of Private Passions BBC Radio 3 in which Michael Berkeley talks to classicist
@edithmayhall about transgenerational trauma, Greek tragedy, teaching and the true source of happiness. With music from Handel to Hairspray. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

“You’re reluctant to call yourself a composer. Can a girl be that?” An inspiring and deeply personal Letter to a Young Composer by Sally Beamish Produced by Fay Claire The Essay 21.45 Thurs 2 May BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

'All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks
Are life eternal: and in silence they
Speak happiness beyond the reach of books;
There's nothing mortal in them; their decay
Is the green life of change; to pass away
And come again in blooms revivified.
Its birth was heaven,…

“A novel is the only place where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy. The reader and the writer make the book together. No other art can capture the essential inwardness of human life.” —Paul Auster

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Late morning stroll soundtrack: this brilliant adaptation of Cymbeline. Shakespeare is so good on the radio because you concentrate on the wonderful language. ⁦I’ll be listening to more on future strolls.⁦BBC Radio 3⁩ ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

'If you're never in fashion, you can't go out of fashion.' John Rutter writes one of our Letters to a Young Composer, The Essay BBC Radio 3 9.45pm or catch up BBC Sounds Produced by Martin Williams, BBC Audio Wales bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

We must always come back to love. Thank you Poems on the Underground

Claude #Debussy is the subject of Composer of the Week. Sublime music, but I don’t think I’d want to live with him... Each weekday 4pm with Donald Macleod BBC Radio 3 or catch up BBC Sounds Producer Sam Phillips, BBC Audio Wales
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Ruled by an ineffectual leader, Britain is trying to break away from the rest of Europe, while a power-hungry figure plots to put a dangerous idiot in charge, by any means necessary. Shakespeare’s Cymbeline - Drama on 3, 8pm BBC Radio 3 catch up BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Looking forward to this - Night Train, Archive on 4, 8pm BBC Radio 4