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This is Nothing Concrete, the Barbican podcast - here to inspire more people to discover and love the arts with weekly episodes of archive finds and themed series exploring music, cinema, visual art, theatre, architecture and everything in between.
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Nov 22, 2022
The Music of the Black Renaissance: Episode 6
In the final episode in our exploration of classical composers of the Black Renaissance, Samantha Ege looks at the music of one of the quintessential composers of this era: Florence Price.
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Nov 15, 2022
The Music of the Black Renaissance: Episode 5
In this episode, Samantha Ege looks at two pioneering African American women from the early twentieth century: Nora Holt and Helen Hagan.
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Nov 8, 2022
The Music of the Black Renaissance: Episode 4
In this episode Samantha Ege takes us to 1930s Chicago to discover the women who were a driving force in the city’s rebirth, most notably Margaret Bonds.
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Nov 1, 2022
The Music of the Black Renaissance: Episode 3
This week, Samantha Ege shines a light on two women whose music is rooted in the Black Renaissance: Zenobia Powell Perry and Betty Jackson King.
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Oct 25, 2022
The Music of the Black Renaissance: Episode 2
In this week’s episode, Ege shines a light on two of the composers who influenced the music that emerged from the 20th-century Black Renaissance in the United States: British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Canadian composer Robert Nathaniel Dett.
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Oct 18, 2022
The Music of the Black Renaissance: Episode 1
In this episode, Dr Samantha Ege introduces the Black Renaissance: a cultural movement that took place in the United States in the early 20th century. Hear about its origins and influences, discover the incredible music that emerged from it, and connect to the pioneering composers who wrote it – many of whom were women.
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Oct 10, 2022
Sound Unbound with Nitin Sawhney
In the final episode of this series of Sound Unbound, we bring you a special edition, featuring composer and musician Nitin Sawhney. He, Josie Long and Ben Gernon look at the space around us and how it influences creative practice, with a sneak peak inside our concert hall and Coventry Cathedral.
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Oct 3, 2022
Sound Unbound with CN Lester
In the penultimate episode of this series of Sound Unbound, Josie Long speaks to academic, composer and performer CN Lester. They take us back to the 17th Century and the wonderfully dramatic music of Barbara Strozzi.
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Sep 26, 2022
Sound Unbound with Raymond Antrobus
In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, we hear how poet and self-acclaimed investigator of missing sounds Raymond Antrobus responded the first time he heard Sibelius’ Second Symphony.
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Sep 19, 2022
Sound Unbound with Zara McFarlane
In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, Jazz singer, songwriter and vocal coach Zara McFarlane speaks of the four most memorable notes in classical music’s history.
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Sep 12, 2022
Sound Unbound with Bonnie Greer
In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, Josie Long introduces actress Bonnie Greer, as she introduces us to Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, which draws inspiration from the Middle Eastern legends in One Thousand and One Nights.
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Sep 6, 2022
Sound Unbound: Amber Anderson
Welcome to our second series of Sound Unbound, a podcast where comedian and co-founder of Arts Emergency Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with help from conductor Ben Gernon. In this first episode, actress and pianist Amber Anderson tells us what Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu means to her, as the final she played before leaving music school.
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Jul 5, 2022
Kounsel: POST
Listen to a special conversation from our lakeside hosted by artists Abbas Zahedi and Joshua Leon. The discussion developed out of themes raised by our exhibition Postwar Modern in relation to Abbas Zahedi’s idea that we now live in the ‘Age of Many Posts’.
Kounsel is an immaterial and moving space organised by Joshua Leon and Abbas Zahedi where all can enter into discussion as active contributors and listeners.
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May 17, 2022
Nothing Concrete: Being a young creative
Members of our Young Poets and Young Visual Arts Group chat about what it means to be a young artist today and their experience of being part of our young creative programmes.
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May 10, 2022
From the Archive: Wildlife (Paul Dano)
In another archive edition we return to the cinema and experience a family falling apart in front of their son’s eyes in 1960s suburbia – here we speak to actor turned writer and director Paul Dano about Wildlife.
In 1960s Montana Joe loses his job and struggles for purpose, eventually temporary abandoning his family to help fight nearby forest fires. The film follows how the mother and son cope and adapt to life without their husband and father. In the film Dano has drawn together an impressive cast with Cary Mulligan playing Jean Brison, Jake Gyllenhall playing Jerry Brison and Ed Oxenbould as their 14 year old son Joe. Written by Dano with his partner Zoe Kazan, adapted from Richard Ford’s novel of the same name, we spoke to the director at the 2018 London Film Festival and started by asking why he wanted to bring this particular book and story to the screen.
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Apr 12, 2022
From the Archive: You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
On this week’s archive edition our focus turns once again to the cinema as we relisten to an honest and engaging conversation with director Lynne Ramsay.
For over two decades director Lynne Ramsay has blazed a path in her films from her debut 1999’s Ratcatcher to the subject of this interview, 2017’s dark and intense You Were Never Really Here.
‘You know there’s no money, time’s running out, there’s always this crazy energy and I think sometimes that’s just brings out the best ideas for me….I don’t think I’ve ever not walked on to a film slight y terrified and I think you should be slightly terrified’. – Lynne Ramsey.
The director has worked with and brought out outstanding performances from the likes of Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin, Samantha Morton in Morvern Callar and more recently Joaquin Phoenix as an intense hitman in You Were Never Really Here.
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Apr 5, 2022
From the Archive: Reverberations (Reich, Dessner, Pallet, Braxton, Richter, Haushka, Jóhannsson, Harrington)
On this week’s edition we travel back in our archive and re-discover one of the centres most ambitious festivals. At a time when musical genres were in flux and people were hungry for something new - the Barbican celebrated Steve Reich with a marathon weekend of music entitled Reverberations.
On May 7 & 8 2011 we celebrated Steve Reich's 75th birthday. Reverberations included the European premiere of his string quartet WTC 9/11; the UK premiere of his Mallet Quartet by the Amadinda Quartet; and the UK premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning piece Double Sextet by Eighth Blackbird and the London premiere of 2x5 by Bang on a Can. It was a busy weekend.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 29, 2022
From the Archive: The Selfish Giant (Clio Barnard)
On this week’s archive edition we return to 2013 and director Clio Barnard's reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s famous fairy tale – The Selfish Giant.
‘Well I guess I see it as a love story really, but it’s about a friendship between two boys and I guess they are trying, struggling to come of age – Clio Barnard.
In this film, Wilde’s fairy tale is transported to the estates of Bradford. Barnard is never shy of dealing with tough subject matter and the drama has real emotional punch, with incredibly brilliant debut performances from the young cast.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 22, 2022
From the Archive: The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan)
In this archive episode we return to an interview with actor and director Desiree Akhavan, speaking to her in detail about her film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post is the follow up to her debut Appropriate Behaviour and is drawn from the 2012 Novel of the same name.
Set in the 90s the film stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Cameron Post who finds herself after a post-prom outing in a christian gay conversion camp. She bonds with new outsider friends Jane Fonda, played by Sasha Lane, and Forest Goodluck, played by Adam Red Eagle. We met up with the director to discuss her film.
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Mar 8, 2022
Can we be artists? With Headway East London
This week we have a live recording of Can we be artists?, a bold panel discussion we hosted in collaboration with Headway East London.
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Mar 1, 2022
From the Archive: Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
In this edition we uncover the story of the most controversial whistle-blower of the 21st Century – Edward Snowden.
The 2016 Oliver Stone drama Snowden is the true story of how one insider leaked thousands of classified documents to the press, uncovering illegal and frankly unbelievable surveillance technique used by the American government. Joseph-Gordon Levitt plays the lead with strong support from Shailene Woodley as his girlfriend Lindsey Mills. Around Snowden is a floating set of characters played by some incredible actors such as Zachary Quinto, Rhys Ifans, Nicholas Cage, Tom Wilkinson and Joely Richardson, to name but a few. Here we speak to Joseph-Gordon Levitt.
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Feb 23, 2022
From the Archive: Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience)
On this edition we journey into the cinematic storytelling of filmmaker Sebastián Lelio with the bold and beautiful Oscar nominated A Fantastic Woman and its follow up Disobedience, a powerful drama about faith and love.
A Fantastic Woman is sumptuous and soul searching - with an incredible score from composer Matthew Herbert. Disobedience is a powerful and deeply reverberating drama that goes beyond easy description.
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Feb 16, 2022
Out and About! The Log Books
In this special podcast collaboration, The Log Books' Tash and Adam take a closer look at some of the objects in our Out and About exhibition, and what they tell us about LGBT+ life in London over the past 40 years - and today.
From Drag Balls to fetish wear; protest banners and photo albums. Hear about the subcultures, hard-fought political campaigns, inspiring characters and parties that tell the story of LGBT+ London over the past 40 years, and got us to where we are today. See the items yourself in our Out and About exhibition: barbican.org.uk/outandabout
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Feb 8, 2022
From the Archive: Neruda (Gael García Bernal)
This week, we look to our archive, returning to 2017 when we had the chance to speak to acting legend Gael Garcia Bernal about the film Neruda.
The Mexican actor, producer and director's first full-length role was in the Oscar nominated drama Amores Perros in 2000, but he is perhaps best known for his role as Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries which came out five years later. His range of roles is pretty incredible having starred in Pixar’s Coco, Almodovar’s Bad Education, and even taking on the role of a maestro conductor in Amazon Prime’s Mozart in the Jungle.
Neruda is set in 1940s Chile: Garcia’s plays a police inspector, who embarks on a poetic hunt for writer and poltician Pablo Neruda. Directed by Pablo Larraín, who is perhaps best known for his Oscar nominated film Jackie. Here the director is working again with Gael, having previously collaborated on the 2012 film No.
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Feb 1, 2022
From the Archive: Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi)
On this week’s archive edition we travel to the beautiful Sicilian island of Lampedusa where everything is not quite as it seems in the powerful 2016 documentary, Fire at Sea.
The film focusses on the European migrant crisis and sets the migrants' dangerous Mediterranean crossing against a background of the ordinary life of some of its inhabitants. Set on the island of Lampedusa it documents the lives of a twelve-year-old boy from a local fishing family and a doctor who treats the migrants on their arrival.
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi, this documentary won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Back in 2016 we caught up with the director to discover what drove him to make this film.
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Jan 25, 2022
From the Archive: Consciousness (Holden, Calix, The Light Surgeons)
On this week’s archive edition we travel deep into our minds – learning more about our relationship to music and sound from three leading electronic artists or collectives: James Holden, Mira Calix and The Light Surgeons.
Back in March 2013 you could have been in the audience for 'Consciousness' a performance lecture by Marcus du Sautoy, featuring music by James Holden and visuals by One of Us.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jan 18, 2022
From the Archive: Cold War (Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot)
On this week’s archive edition we have a tale of a near impossible romance set against the backdrop of post-World War 2 Europe in Pavel Pawlikowski’s masterpiece Cold War.
Set in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris - Cold War depicts an unimaginable love story, that of young singer Zula played Joanna Kulig and struggling musician Wiktor played by Tomasz Kot. This is a breathtaking, beautifully shot film from the director who previously brought us the equally as stark and surprising Ida. We spoke to the lead actors about their roles in this Palm D’or winning film.
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Jan 11, 2022
From the Archive: Illuminating Britten (John Bridcut)
On this week’s archive edition, we shift our focus back to 2013 when the venue celebrated composer Benjamin Britten’s centenary.
On the 8–10 November 2013 you may have been in the audience for Illuminating Britten, a celebration of the composer. This weekend was curated by filmmaker and author of ‘Britten’s Children’, John Bridcut – he surrounded the music with a series of talks, discussions, film screenings and even a quiz. Broadcaster Sandy Burnett spoke to John Bridcut for this podcast
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Jan 4, 2022
From the Archive: Thelma Schoonmaker - Silence
In this compelling interview with Thelma Schoonmaker we explore her legacy: A film editor who has worked with Martin Scorsese for over 40 years - from Raging Bull, to the subject of our podcast, The Silence.
Back in 2016 we spoke Schoonmaker, who had already received eight Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editor and won three times: for Scorsese’s - Raging Bull, The Aviator and The Departed. Here we get a fascinating and revealing glimpse into the extreme work involved, and the make or break of the editing process.
Silence stars Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as two 17th-century Jesuit priests who travel to Japan to try and locate their mentor Father Ferreira, played by Liam Neeson. They face violence, persecution and perhaps death in taking on this dangerous journey.
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Dec 28, 2021
From the Archive: The Party - Potter, Ganz, Spall
On this week’s edition we travel back to 2017 and meet up who director Sally Potter who invites you and some special guests to The Party…
In the comedy meet tragedy The Party - we find ourselves in Janet’s house, celebrating her new job with close friends . Although all doesn’t go to plan and over the next 71 minutes relationship unravel, and vol-au-vents are burnt.
We spoke with the director, alongside actors Bruno Ganz and Timothy Spall about the film.
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Dec 21, 2021
From the Archive: Peterloo - Mike Leigh
We return to our archive and remember a conversation with Mike Leigh about Peterloo, a gritty, real and sorrowful film from this excellent British director.
'With one of my films you’re discovering things - be they real things or things I’ve invented which take on a new reality for you because that’s what it’s all about.' – Mike Leigh
There is nothing not ambitious about Mike Leigh's twenty-first film, in which he turns his attention to the 1819 Massacre in St Peter’s Field, Manchester, where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally. The collection of characters include reformers, members of the government, the military, royalty, journalists and not forgetting a couple of spies - portrayed by the likes of Marion Bailey, Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake and Tim McInnerny. Working with a regular team of collaborators behind the camera, this film is packed densely tight with layered drama, emotion, and historic relevance. We met with the director to explore its man…
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Dec 14, 2021
From the Archive: Funny Cow - Maxine Peake & Tony Pitts
Maxine Peak plays Funny Cow, a woman who want to make people laugh, someone who refuses to give up on her dreams. The film is the fictional tale of a woman who dreams of making it in the unforgiving northern comedy circuit of the 70s.
On this week’s archive edition we grab some popcorn and speak to actors Maxine Peak and Tony Pitts about their 2017 cinema collaboration. In Funny Cow - Tony Pitts is the writer, Adrian Shergold directs and Maxine Peake stars. Alongside Maxine, the cast include Tony Pitts as her husband, Paddy Considine as her boyfriend, Alun Armstrong as tragic comedian and mentor Lenny, and Lindsey Coulson as Funny Cow’s bitter Mother.
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Dec 7, 2021
From the Archive: Ode to Joysticks - Episode three
Over this three-part series we’ve entered a parallel universe of video games music, from the chunky world of 8-bit tunes to the full studio cinematic scores that define the modern immersive gaming experience. These mechanical melodies have been sneaking out of the consoles and into the concert hall for well over a decade.
Now in our end of final edition we take a step back and look at how the music is escaping from behind the screen and invading the concert stages of the world. We explore the point where the gaming and record industry meet as these transfer from digital analogue to vinyl. And finally we loop back to Episode 1 and hear the Gameboy transformed into a crunchy, chipped easy to carry live music tool.
What would happen if you took that old world and put it actually on to a Symphony Orchestra. It’s like taking those plastic, very synthesized sounds and kind of giving them the technicolour that only an orchestra can provide. – Charles Hazelwood.
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Nov 30, 2021
From the Archive: Ode to Joysticks - Episode two
From 2018 we present the second of our three-part series Ode to Joysticks. Sit back as we move from 8-bit to 64-bit and find ourselves in worlds old and new, searching for mystical treasure, solving puzzles, joining ancient societies, driving fast cars or at the most fundamental level just trying to survive that new very scary looking new monster coming toward us.
We learn how some of the top games composers, conductor and orchestral arrangers challenge themselves with each project to create something new: imagination and determination are needed in equal measure, and within the region of 100 years of experience between them there is plenty to talk about.
We speak to composer Winifred Philips who alongside scoring some incredible games has encouraged others into her world with her book A Composer’s Guide to Game Music.
Composer Nitin Sawhney, who was awarded the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award, but for him it was an invitation from actor and director Andy Serkis that bega…
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Nov 23, 2021
From the Archive: Ode to Joysticks - Episode one
From 2018 we present the first of our three-part series Ode to Joysticks. Sit back and enter a parallel universe of video games music from the chunky world of 8-bit tunes to the full studio cinematic scores that define the modern immersive gaming experience.
Computer or Video games have been with us since the 70s, from their money gulping origins in the amusements arcade to the invasion of the home computer and the eating up our pocket money. What accompanied them was the most incredible inventive machine melodies, reveling in the limited channel and sounds. Pioneering composers and coders created tunes so annoying, so brilliant, so catchy, so avant-garde they’re practically invented their own genre of music.
On this first of three editions we attempt a rough history of video games music and try to unravel an 8-bit tune…with a professor, a doctor and one of the most legendary composers for the Commodore 64 - Professor James Newman, Dr Kenny McAlpine and Rob Hubbard.
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Nov 16, 2021
From the Archive: I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni)
In this episode we talk to writer and director Rungano Nyoni where she talked in detail about her debut film, I Am Not a Witch, and about the struggles and triumphs of the film making process.
‘It’s a life or death acusation which can be based on as little as someone has a dream about you, it’s a bad dream they dream they’re chasing them and then they wake up and they’re like - you must be a witch, why were you in my dream?’ - Rungano Nyoni
In this film Nyoni's has created an impressive drama which tells the tale of superstition in a small Zambian community…we follow the young girl Shula played by Maggie Mu-lubwa who is accused of being a witch.
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Nov 9, 2021
From the Archive: The Florida Project with Sean Baker
In this week’s archive edition we return to 2017 and take time to discover or re-discover director Sean Baker’s film – The Florida Project, where in the shadow of Disney World, in a rundown motel, a mother fight to survive and bring up her daughter.
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Nov 2, 2021
From the Archive: 20,000 Days on Earth
This week, we find ourselves transported in time back to 17 September 2014 the red carpet was rolled out for the Gala Premiere of the film 20,000 Days on Earth.
This musical documentary drama is based around one day in the life of musician, singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer, father and occasional actor Nick Cave. It was the debut feature film of artists and film-makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard and I spoke to them about their hopes, ambitions and challenges they faced
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Oct 26, 2021
From the Archive: Anomalisa with Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Ben Eshmade opens the door and crawls through the imagination of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson who co-directed the 2015 Oscar-nominated stop motion film Anomalisa in this archive interview.
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Oct 26, 2021
Resonances across the Asia-Pacific
Tracing the histories of transnational Asian diaspora struggles and solidarities across the Asia-Pacific, Professors Marci Kwon and Ming Tiampo, curators and researchers Mika Maruyama and Annie Jael Kwan thread a discussion regarding Isamu Noguchi's artistic legacy and lived experiences to their reflections on contemporary challenges when working with institutions, issues of inclusivity and visibility, and finding new intersections of solidarity.
Part of our ongoing digital residence Noguchi: Resonances
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Oct 19, 2021
From the Archive: Andrew Haigh on 45 Years and Lean on Pete
This week, we look back at on two consecutive films by British director Andrew Haigh. We get insight from the director himself about his 2015’s film 45 Years and a different perspective from lead actor Charlie Plummer on its follow up, Lean on Pete.
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Oct 12, 2021
From the Archive: Peter Strickland (Biophilia, The Duke of Burgundy and In Fabric)
This week, we bring together three interviews with film director Peter Strickland, focussing on the three occasions we've had the pleasure of gaining some time and insight in his company - let's explore the concert film Biophilia followed by the surreal storytelling of The Duke of Burgundy and finally, In Fabric.
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Oct 5, 2021
From the Archive: Bonnie Greer on Do The Right Thing
Back in late 2019, we hosted a series of talks and debates exploring cinema relationship to the modern city and our experience of urban life. As part of this season, journalist and playwright Bonnie Greer introduced Spike Lee's ground-breaking 80s film Do The Right Thing - on the hottest day of the year in a neighbourhood in Brooklyn, hate and bigotry smoulders and builds until it explodes into violence. In this archive episode, Ben Eshmade talks to Bonnie Greer about the impact of this film.
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Sep 26, 2021
Can We Talk About Power? with Suzanne Alleyne + Mia Bays + Michael Holding
‘Can We Talk About Power?' (27-30 Sep) is a series of online conversations delving into the nature of power with artists, poets, writers, and scientists. Ahead of the first event, cultural thinker Suzanne Alleyne invites Oscar-winning film producer and cultural activist Mia Bays and cricket commentator and former West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding to join her in conversation about the enabling power of power, the role our backgrounds can inevitably play, and how we can perhaps find power by giving ours to someone else.
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Sep 14, 2021
Autism Through Cinema - an exploration of neurodiversity on film (Guest Episode)
This week, we have a special guest episode from the Autism Through Cinema podcast. David Hartley, Georgia Bradburn, John-James Laidlow, and Ethan Lyon look back on the films they’ve featured so far and discuss everything from autistic characters on screen to how filmmakers can make film sets more inclusive to whether there’s an autistic aesthetic for filmmakers.
We’ll then hear from Professor Janet Harbord and filmmaker Steven Eastwood about the Autism Through Cinema research project at Queen Mary University.
Autism and Cinema: An exploration of neurodiversity takes place in the Barbican Cinemas from Thu 16-Tue 28 Sep 2021.
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Sep 8, 2021
From the Archive: Roy Andersson on A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
This week, Ben Eshmade takes us back in our cinema archive to revisit 2014 when we clambered on to a branch to reflect on existence, with the unique cinematic voice of director Roy Andersson in the black comedy-drama, 'A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence'.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Aug 31, 2021
From the Archive: Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis
We look back to February 2016 to spend some time the company of the prestigious Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra during the fourth year of their international associate residency when they performed the music of Wayne Shorter, George Gershwin and hosted an evening celebrating the next generation of jazz.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Aug 24, 2021
From the Archive: Possibly Colliding with Nils Frahm
We're back in July 2016 to revist Possibly Colliding, a weekend curated by composer and pianist, Nils Frahm. In this special hour-long episode, you'll hear from a selection of those orbiting artists in the field of music, art and film who appeared in this unique weekend at the Barbican. Featuring interviews with AMBIQ, Nik Bartsch, Arthur Jeffes, Luke Abbott, Gwyneth Wentink, Woodkid, and Nils Frahm.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Aug 17, 2021
From the Archive: Thurston Moore on GALAXIES 12 x 12
This week, Ben Eshmade digs another episode from his archive, remembering the time in April 2018 when Thurston Moore led an orchestra of twelve string guitarists and sonic dreamers in a symphony to the earth and the stars.
Taking inspiration from a poem by Sun Ra – ex-Sonic Youth musician and singer Thurston Moore brought together himself and eleven other equally genre-defying guitarist to create an orchestra, with Moore as conductor and composer.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Aug 10, 2021
From the Archive: Under the Skin with Jonathan Glazer
On this week’s archive edition, we step into a bleak gloopy bubble of dangerous darkness and relive the terrifying sci-fi drama, Under the Skin. Ben Eshmade speaks to Jonathan Glazer, back in 2013...
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jul 27, 2021
From the Archive: The Sound of Nonesuch Records
We look back to May 2015 and our celebration of the New York based record label, Nonesuch. We meet president Bob Hurwitz and Nonesuch artists Timo Andres and Rhiannon Giddens for a look at the history of this unique label. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts.
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Jul 20, 2021
From the Archive: Transcender with Atom TM and Robin Fox, Arifa, Faiz Ali Faiz and Leo Abrahams and David Coulter
Another week in the archive as Ben Eshmade spends time immersed in 2015’s Transcender festival revelling in the ecstatic, devotional and psychedelic music of Atom TM and Robin Fox, Arifa, Faiz Ali Faiz and Leo Abrahams and David Coulter. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts.
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Jul 13, 2021
From the Archive: Ben Wheatley on Free Fire and High-Rise
This week's archive find sees us celebrate director Ben Wheatley through his dystopian film High-Rise and its follow-up the pulp gangster thriller Free Fire.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts.
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Jun 29, 2021
From the Archive: The Can Project with Irmin Schmidt and Gregor Schwellenbach
We encounter some timeless music assembled through improvisation, editing and sound collage in this archive episode exploring the legacy of Can, recorded around their Barbican concert in April 2017.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jun 22, 2021
From the Archive: Susan Seidelman on Smithereens and Desperately Seeking Susan
This week, Ben Eshmade heads to the scuzzy streets and broken dreams of 80s New York City with director Susan Seidelman as we look back at 2017's The Grime and the Glamour film season, featuring Seidelman's debut film Smithereens and Desperately Seeking Susan.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jun 15, 2021
From the Archive: Maren Ade on Toni Erdmann
We're rewatching the 2016 German comedy-drama, Toni Erdmann which sees a practical joking father try to reconnect with his hard working daughter and in the process creating a ludicrous alter ego
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jun 8, 2021
From the Archive: Wordless with Art Spiegel and Philip Johnston
In this week’s archive edition, Ben Eshmade revisits a conversation between acclaimed cartoonist and author Art Spiegel and jazz composer Philip Johnston where they explore the place where music meets art, where the comic book comes alive, and where wordless art finds a voice.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jun 1, 2021
From the Archive: The Killing of Sacred Deer with Colin Farrell
This week, we re-enter the cinematic universe of Yorgos Lanthimos and his film – The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
A film where horror and humor creep up next to you…
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May 25, 2021
Let the Sunshine In and High Life with Claire Denis
On this week’s podcast edition, we spend some quality time in the company of legendary French film director Claire Denis. Since her film debut Chocolat in 1988 she has been inspired by her upbringing in West Africa and France, inspired by long-term collaborators on and off camera and managed herself to inspire to inspire other filmmakers, in the process re-writing the rule book of European cinema making along the way.
Never one to stay in the same filmic universe long in this podcast we explore Juliette Binoche search for love in 'Let the Sunshine In' and then we stare into the void and desolation of space in 'High Life'.
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May 18, 2021
From the Archive: Shirley Collins
In this week's archive edition we find ourselves back in the home and in conversation with folk singing legend Shirley Collins. This is her story: how she went from collecting voices to finding, losing, and eventually discovering her own again.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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May 11, 2021
From the Archive: Harrison Birtwistle at 80 (part 2)
This week, we look back to May 2014 and the second of two podcasts episodes which attempt to explore the music, the man and the myth of composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle, with a rare interview with the composer himself and the many musicians who surround him.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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May 4, 2021
From the Archive: Harrison Birtwistle at 80 (part 1)
This week we look back with a series of two episodes that attempting to explore the music, the man and the myth of composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle in his 80th year in 2014.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Apr 27, 2021
From the Archive: Jessica Curry's 'Dear Esther'
On this week's edition we step into a deep and complex digital universe: we take down from our archive shelf a conversation with composer Jessica Curry.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Apr 20, 2021
From the Archive: Love & Friendship
In this week’s archive edition we travel back quite a way in our archive, in this case to the 19th Century and meet the manipulative Lady Susan played by Kate Beckinsale in Whit Stillman’s film Love & Friendship.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Apr 13, 2021
From the Archive: Room with Emma Donoghue and Lenny Abrahamson
In this week’s archive edition we return to the cinema and find ourselves trapped in the claustrophobic Oscar winning drama Room…
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Apr 6, 2021
From the Archive: Mariss Jansons
This week we return to our archive and a conversation with the late conductor Mariss Jansons, who sadly passed away in December 2019. He spoke to us in April 2014 when he was Chief Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, who were celebrating their 125th anniversary year. Jansons talked to us about what makes each performance unique.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 30, 2021
From the Archive: The Golden Griot (Basquiat and Music) by Worldwide FM
On this week's archive edition we explore the influence and legacy of artist, poet and musician Jean Michel Basquiat.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 23, 2021
From the Archive: Pierre Boulez at 90
In this week’s archive edition we find ourselves in 2015 and face to face with a force of nature, a champion of the new, a man who stood up for his beliefs; he could even get a new concert halls built – Pierre Boulez.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 16, 2021
From the Archive: The Death of Stalin with Simon Russell Beale
In this week’s archive edition - we experience a play for power in Armando Iannucci’s absurdist drama The Death of Stalin, back in 2017 when Ben Eshmade spoke to Simon Russell Beale.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 9, 2021
From the Archive: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda with Surya Botofasina
This week, we're back digging in our archive for another listen to this interview from November 2017 where we found ourselves transfixed by the meditative and transcendental music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 2, 2021
Inspired with Sope Dirisu and Gabriel Akamo & Jeremiah Brown
Wrapping up this series of 'Inspired' where we've been inviting some of our Barbican Young Creatives to chat to an artist who has inspired them early in their career, Barbican Young Poet alums, Jeremiah Brown and Gabriel Akamo speak to actor Sope Dìrísù about heritage, diversity in theatre audiences and training.
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Feb 23, 2021
Inspired with Susan Wokoma and Rogan Graham
In Episode 4 of this series of Inspired, Barbican Young Film Programmer alum, writer and journalist, Rogan Graham speaks to actor Susan Wokoma about finding your community, creative process, activism and i
inspiration.
**This episode was recorded over Zoom and so you may hear some audio issues throughout**
Our series of inspiring conversations returns with a twist as we hand over to our Barbican Young Creatives to interview the artists that inspire them as they being their careers in the arts in series two of ‘Inspired’ on Nothing Concrete, the Barbican podcast.
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Feb 16, 2021
Inspired with Elaine Mitchener and Rebekah Alero
In this episode of Nothing Concrete, sound artist, composer and researcher Rebekah Alero speaks to vocal and movement artist, Elaine Mitchener about improvisation and using your voice as a vessel for storytelling.
Our series of inspiring conversations returns with a twist as we hand over to our Barbican Young Creatives to interview the artists that inspire them as they being their careers in the arts in series two of ‘Inspired’ on Nothing Concrete, the Barbican podcast.
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Feb 9, 2021
Inspired with Amrou Al-Kadhi and Amani Saeed
Our series of inspiring conversations continues as Barbican Young Poet alum, writer and spoken-word artist, Amani Saeed speaks to the British-Iraqi writer and drag queen, Amrou Al-Kadhi, also known as Glamrou, as they discuss gender, drag and faith.
Our series of inspiring conversations returns with a twist as we hand over to our Barbican Young Creatives to interview the artists that inspire them as they being their careers in the arts in series two of ‘Inspired’ on Nothing Concrete, the Barbican podcast.
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Feb 2, 2021
Inspired with Kirsty Housley and Riwa Saab
Our series of inspiring conversations returns with a twist as we hand over to our Barbican Young Creatives to interview the artists that inspire them as they being their careers in the arts in series two of ‘Inspired’ on Nothing Concrete, the Barbican podcast.
In this first episode, Barbican Young Poets alum and interdisciplinary artist, Riwa Saab talks to director, writer and dramaturg, Kirsty Housley.
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Jan 19, 2021
Soundhouse: Intimacy and Distance
In this special episode of Nothing Concrete, we're inviting you to explore Soundhouse, a place for experimental podcasts and radio from around the world, created by Eleanor McDowall and Nina Garthwaite.
Soundhouse originated from thinking about how presenting radio and podcasts in different ways (such as inside the Barbican) might change how you listen. With this year's Soundhouse online rather than in the Barbican, this year's theme became 'Intimacy and Distance'.
In this episode, we hear from the three curators behind the Soundhouse listening rooms - Ariana Martinez, Axel Kacoutié and Arlie Adlington - as they interview each other about the work they chose, alongside clips from Soundhouse.
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Dec 18, 2020
Michael Clark's Creative World: Fashion with Stevie Stewart
In the third episode of our ‘Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer’ series, where we’ve been meeting some of the key figures in Michael Clark’s creative world, we talk fashion and costume with designer, Stevie Stewart.
Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer was the first major exhibition of dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. This exploration of Clark’s work established his radical presence in British cultural history.
Explore more: https://www.barbican.org.uk/michaelclark
This episode was recorded before our 'Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer' exhibition unfortunately had to close prematurely on 16 December 2020.
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Dec 18, 2020
Michael Clark's Creative World: Visual Art with Sadie Coles
The second episode of our ‘Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer’ series, we meet some of the key figures in Michael Clark’s creative world, gallerist Sadie Coles discusses Michael’s affinity with the world of contemporary art.
Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer was the first major exhibition of dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. This exploration of Clark’s work established his radical presence in British cultural history.
Explore more: https://www.barbican.org.uk/michaelclark
This episode was recorded before our 'Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer' exhibition unfortunately had to close prematurely on 16 December 2020.
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Dec 18, 2020
Michael Clark's Creative World: Dance with Richard Alston
In our ‘Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer’ series, we meet some of the key figures in Michael Clark’s creative world. In this episode, we meet fellow choreographer, Sir Richard Alston, who worked with the 17-year old Michael right at the start of his career.
Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer was the first major exhibition of dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. This exploration of Clark’s work established his radical presence in British cultural history.
Explore more: https://www.barbican.org.uk/michaelclark
This episode was recorded before our 'Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer' exhibition unfortunately had to close prematurely on 16 December 2020.
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Dec 15, 2020
From the Archive: Hidden Figures with Allison Schroeder
In our latest archive episode, we look back to 2016 when we spoke to screenwriter Allison Schroeder about the Oscar-nominated Hidden Figures, based on Margot Shetterly book of the same name - the incredible true story of three brilliant African-American mathematical minds who helped win the 60s Space Race.
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Dec 8, 2020
From the Archive: Music in 12 Parts
This week we revisit a series of interviews with musicians James McVinnie, Eliza McCarthy and Timo Andres, about the rare performance of composer Philip Glass's ‘Music In Twelve Parts’ in May 2017. A milestone in minimalist music, slowly revealing itself through hypnotic patterns of change over four hours.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Dec 1, 2020
From the Archive: I, Daniel Blake
This week, we step into the issues and drama of Ken Loach’s Palme D’or winning masterpiece 'I, Daniel Blake'.
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Nov 25, 2020
From the Archive: Leif Ove Andsnes
This week you’ll find us once more exploring our interview archive, travelling back to 2012 and listening in to a conversation between Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and Jon Tolansky about the piano work of Beethoven.
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Nov 17, 2020
From the Archive: The Favourite with Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn and Mark Gatiss
This week we revisit a series of interviews which took place in late 2018 to coincide early the following year with the release of the film The Favourite. We speak to a trio of supporting actors in Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn and Mark Gatiss from this BAFTA and Academy award winning film.
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Nov 10, 2020
From the Archive: John Cale
This week, we're delving into our archive looking back to August 2014 to John Cale and Liam Young's project 'Loop 60 hz: Transmissions from the Drone Orchestra'.
Produced by Ben Eshmade.
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Nov 3, 2020
In Conversation: Toyin Ojih Odutola and Erin J. Gilbert
This week, we’ve got an inspiring conversation between Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola and her friend Erin J Gilbert, curator of Modern and Contemporary African and African American Art, where they talk about creative process and storytelling.
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Oct 27, 2020
From the Archive: James MacMillan on Stabat Mater
In this week’s archive edition, we speak to Scottish composer and conductor, Sir James MacMillan, whose Stabat Mater was premiered at the Barbican in October 2016.
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Oct 20, 2020
From the Archive: Richard E Grant on 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'
In this week's podcast, we're delving into our archive, looking back to January 2019 and a conversation with actor, director, writer and perfume creator Richard E. Grant.
Produced by Ben Eshmade.
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Oct 13, 2020
Inspired with Dickie Beau and Fiona Shaw
Dickie Beau - winner of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award and actor best known for breathing new life into lip-synching - speaks to his mentor and friend, Fiona Shaw, the actor and director renowned for her extensive work with the RSC and National Theatre alongside popular roles in Harry Potter, Killing Eve and Fleabag. Their poetic, and at times philosophical, conversation navigates creation and perfection, the intricacies of language and capturing your audience.
Inspired is a new series on the Barbican podcast, Nothing Concrete where we ask an artist to invite someone who has inspired, influenced or impacted their creative lives to share the stories behind their connection. Each episode was recorded remotely during lockdown. While the Barbican Theatre remains closed, these deeply personal and open conversations bring together creatives across the arts to celebrate the lasting connections and support that artists show for one another.
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Oct 6, 2020
Inspired with Jamie Hale and Hannah Gadsby
In the second episode of our new series, Inspired, Jamie Hale - London-based cross-disciplinary creative – talks to award-winning comedian, Hannah Gadsby about process, creation, collaboration, traumas – and the power of storytelling.
Inspired is a new series on the Barbican podcast, Nothing Concrete where we ask an artist to invite someone who has inspired, influenced or impacted their creative lives to share the stories behind their connection. Each episode was recorded remotely during lockdown. While the Barbican Theatre remains closed, these deeply personal and open conversations bring together creatives across the arts to celebrate the lasting connections and support that artists show for one another.
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Sep 29, 2020
Inspired with Michael 'Mikey J' Asante and Danny Boyle
In the first episode of our new series, 'Inspired', Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante - co-founder and co-artistic director of Barbican Artistic Associate, Boy Blue – talks to Oscar-winning director, Danny Boyle in an energetic conversation about process, creation, collaboration, unlikely inspirations – and the power of film, music and British creativity.
Inspired is a new series on the Barbican podcast, Nothing Concrete where we ask an artist to invite someone who has inspired, influenced or impacted their creative lives to share the stories behind their connection. Each episode was recorded remotely during lockdown. While the Barbican Theatre remains closed, these deeply personal and open conversations bring together creatives across the arts to celebrate the lasting connections and support that artists show for one another.
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Sep 22, 2020
From the Archive: Sasha on reFracted
In this episode from May 2017, Ben Eshmade speaks to DJ, producer and musician Sasha about re-Fracted, his live debut performance at the Barbican over two sold out nights.
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Sep 15, 2020
From the Archive: Hatsune Miku at the Barbican
Another visit to the archive – in this episode, we time travel to February 2017 to listen to a series of interviews with the team of collaborators who brought the three-dimensional Japanese vocaloid singer, Hatsune Miku, to the Barbican Hall.
Following an idea initiated by artist Mari Matsutoya, Still Be Here was a project collectively created with music producer Laurel Halo, choreographer and visual artist Darren Johnston, virtual artist LaTurbo Avedon and visual artist Martin Sulzer.
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Sep 8, 2020
From the Archive: John Adams at 70
In this episode we step back to 2016 when John Adams celebrated his 70th Birthday. We spoke to the composer and conductor about the music, sounds and even dreams that have defined his life.
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Sep 1, 2020
From the Archive: Sounds and Visions (part 2)
This week we're travelling back in our audio archives to May 2018 to Sounds and Visions, a series of 18 concerts and film screenings curated by composer Max Richter and artist Yulia Mahr.
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Sep 1, 2020
From the Archive: Sounds and Visions (part 1)
This week we're travelling back in our audio archives to May 2018 to Sounds and Visions, a series of 18 concerts and film screenings curated by composer Max Richter and artist Yulia Mahr.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Aug 25, 2020
From the Archive: New York Philharmonic with Jamie Bernstein
In this week’s edition we return to the Classical Music season of 2011 when International Associate Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, travelled across the ocean to perform at the Barbican. This podcast also includes an exploration of the legacy of Leonard Bernstein, who was one of its most important conductors from 1958–1969, bring the orchestra to the television screens of America and beyond.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Aug 18, 2020
From the Archive: Different Trains
This week we're delving into our archive looking back to October 2017, and 'Different Trains 1947'. This was a fascinating project which featured composer Jack Barnett from These New Puritans and producer Sandunes amongst other key performers and filmmakers.
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Aug 11, 2020
From the Archive: Robert Henke on Lumière I and III
Ben Eshmade talks to Robert Henke about his audiovisual project Lumiere with interviews from July 2014 and February 2017.
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Aug 4, 2020
From the Archive: George Benjamin at the Barbican
In an archive interview from March 2016, Ben Eshmade speaks to composer George Benjamin and counter tenor Iestyn Davies, just before the premiere of the then new work, Dream of the Song, performed as part of a three concert series, entitled 'Benjamin at the Barbican'. This podcast has turned out to be a document of the composer and the composition process just before the premiere of this piece.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jul 28, 2020
From the Archive: Riccardo Chailly on Beethoven and The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Another look back in our classical music archive - we revisit an interview with Riccardo Chailly, principal conductor of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, from October 2011, talking about his approach to performing the odyssey of the Beethoven symphony cycle at the Barbican.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jul 21, 2020
From the Archive: Moonlight with Tarell Alvin McCraney, Travante Rhodes and Janelle Monáe
Back in 2016 we spoke to some of the talent behind what was to be the winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight - featuring interviews with writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and actors Travante Rhodes and Janelle Monáe.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jul 14, 2020
From the Archive: Ruben Östlund on Force Majeure and The Square
We meet idiosyncratic Swedish film maker Ruben Östlund to discover more about a pair of his breakthrough films, Force Majeure (2014) and the Palme D’or winning, The Square (2017).
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jul 7, 2020
From the Archive: Benjamin Britten's Curlew River with Netia Jones and Ian Bostridge
We revisit an interview from 2013 during the centenary year of composer Benjamin Britten. In November 2013, director Netia Jones staged a unique, beautiful and sold out performance of Curlew River at St Giles, Cripplegate, with musical director William Lacey and singer, Ian Bostridge.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jun 30, 2020
From the Archive: Michael Nyman Band
In another archive edition, we remember and relisten to an in-depth interview with composer Michael Nyman exploring the story of how over forty years ago, the Michael Nyman Band, were conjured into existence.
Listen to hear Nyman discuss the complex, creative and compelling journey that led to the 40th anniversary of the ensemble back in November 2016 in the Barbican Hall.
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Jun 23, 2020
From the Archive: Luca Guadagnino on 'Call Me By Your Name' and 'A Bigger Splash'
In this week's episode, we return to a series of interview speaking to bold and much-admired cinema director Luca Guadagnino and focus on two of his much admired films, 'A Bigger Splash' from 2015 and 'Call Me By Your Name' from 2017.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jun 9, 2020
From the Archive: A Taxi Ride with Philip Glass
In this archive episode from 2012, Ben Eshmade looks back at one of his favourite podcast interviews for the Barbican - that time he ended up on a taxi ride and musical journey with American minimalist composer, Philip Glass.
Recorded around his 75th birthday, Glass was in London ready to present his ground-breaking opera, Einstein on the Beach and later, a live music screening of his 1982 score to the film, Koyaanisqatsi.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Jun 3, 2020
From the Archive: Jeff Mills
In this archive episode, we look back at two interviews with DJ and producer Jeff Mills, exploring time and space through ambitious techno and orchestral experimentation in his 2015 performance, Light From the Outside World and in 2017 for From Here to There.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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May 26, 2020
The Art of Change with Stephen Fry - Episode 4
In the final episode of our series of conversations with Stephen Fry, exploring music, art and mental health, Stephen explores his own identity, the background to his attempts to change society, and answers the question ‘can art really be used to change the world?’
The Art of Change is a series where we meet artists and performers who are passionate about changing the world, presented by journalist Chris Gunness.
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May 19, 2020
The Art of Change with Stephen Fry - Episode 3
In episode three of our four-part series with Stephen Fry, exploring music, art and mental health, Stephen discusses his advocacy for personal causes, using his platform to take on homophobes in Russia, Africa and Brazil, flying the flag for men being honest about prostate cancer, and exploring the foundations for his profound conviction in his values.
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May 12, 2020
The Art of Change with Stephen Fry - Episode 2
In the second of our four-part series with Stephen Fry, exploring music, art and mental health, Stephen talks with moving honesty about his own suicide attempts and battle with bipolar disorder, and how Beethoven’s music helped in his recovery from his lowest points.
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May 5, 2020
The Art of Change with Stephen Fry - Episode 1
Join writer, actor, comedian and campaigner Stephen Fry in conversation with journalist Chris Gunness for a new four-part podcast series on the Barbican’s podcast, Nothing Concrete, taking Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament to spark conversations on music, art, mental health and the healing power of art.
In episode one, Stephen reads Ludwig van Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament and the great composer’s inner struggles, musing on the link between genius and mental illness, popular modern images of the Romantic artist, and Beethoven at the forefront of a revolution of the heart.
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Apr 30, 2020
The Art of Change: Borders and Boundaries
In this episode of The Art of Change (originally released in November 2019 as part of the Borders and Boundaries film season), journalist and broadcaster, Chris Gunness speaks to Simon Bitton, director of 'Wall', Mariah Garnett, director of 'Trouble' and Barbican Head of Cinema, Gali Gold, in an exploration of films across frontiers.
'Borders and Boundaries' presented some of the world’s hottest borders past and present, from the Korean peninsula, to the Berlin Wall and the hinterland between the US-Mexico.
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Apr 28, 2020
The Art of Change: Belarus Free Theatre
In this episode, we meet artists and performers who are passionate about changing the world in this series, The Art of Change.
Today, Chris Gunness heads into rehearsal with underground political theatre company, Belarus Free Theatre, to speak to Natalia Kaliada and Nikolai Khalezin to learn more about creating theatre in exile.
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Apr 21, 2020
From the Archive: Olivier Assayas on 'Personal Shopper' & 'Clouds of Sils Maria'
Another dip into the archive with this episode from May 2015 where Ben Eshmade spoke to French Film director Olivier Assayas about his consecutive films 'Personal Shopper' and 'Clouds of Sils Maria'.
'Clouds of Sils Maria' stars Juliette Binoche as actor Maria Enders who reluctantly agrees to take a part in a revival of a play that launched her career 20 years previous. The film also stars Kristen Stewart as her young assistant Valentine and Chloe Grace Moretz as Jo-Ann Ellis a celebrity hounded younger actor.
Inspired after working with Kristin Stewart on 'Clouds of Sils Maria' he wrote his next film for the actor, 'Personal Shopper'. Stewart plays medium Maureen who is trying to contact her twin brother who died of an affliction that she shares. Meanwhile she works for a superficial German supermodel whose day to day fashion whims she has to supply.
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Apr 16, 2020
Composer Focus: Sakari Oramo on Jean Sibelius
In the final episode in our Composer Focus series, Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo talks to Edward Seckerson about his countryman, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
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Apr 15, 2020
Composer Focus: Richard Tognetti on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In this episode of Composer Focus, Richard Tognetti – violinist, composer and director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra speaks to Edward Seckerson about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Apr 14, 2020
Composer Focus: Sir Antonio Pappano on Gustav Mahler
In this episode of Composer Focus, Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, guides us through the life and music of Gustav Mahler.
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Apr 13, 2020
Composer Focus: Roderick Williams on Benjamin Britten
We revisit our Composer Focus series from November 2018, when baritone Roderick Williams joined Edward Seckerson to talk about 20th-century composer Benjamin Britten.
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Apr 12, 2020
Composer Focus: Iestyn Davies on George Frederic Handel
We revisit our Composer Focus series from November 2018, as Edward Seckerson and countertenor Iestyn Davies delve into the life and music of composer George Frederic Handel.
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Apr 7, 2020
From the Archive: Raoul Peck on 'I Am Not Your Negro'
Another dip into the archive with this episode from April 2017 where Ben Eshmade spoke to director Raoul Peck about I Am Not Your Negro, his 2016 documentary about writer and activist James Baldwin.
This film is based on the works of James Baldwin and draws specific inspiration from his unfinished manuscript, Remember this House. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, the documentary delivers a powerful narrative, the story of race in America, looking specifically at the reverberations of the deaths of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Mar 31, 2020
From the Archive: Regina King on If Beale Street Could Talk (February 2018)
In this episode, we look back to January 2018 and Barry Jenkins' film 'If Beale Street Could Talk' with a passionate and powerful conversation with Oscar winning actor Regina King.
Produced by Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 26, 2020
From the Archive: Japanese Innovators with Ian F Martin
This week, we revisit a series of podcasts from June 2018 where we speak to a DJ, a writer and a record label, all showcasing their love and obsession with Japanese music. In the third and final episode in the series, we focus in on some of the pioneering Japanese music from the 1990s with Ian F Martin, author of 'Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground', as he takes us into the live music scene with some of Japan's most experimental and noise-based artists.
This series was originally made to coincide with a series of gigs, featuring artists from the Japanese underground scene responsible for genre defining music from the groundbreaking electronics of Yellow Magic Orchestra to the sonic arts of Ryoji Ikeda and quirky Pop of Mariah.
Produced by Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 25, 2020
From the Archive: Japanese Innovators with Light in the Attic
This week, we revisit a series of podcasts from June 2018 where we speak to a DJ, a writer and a record label, all showcasing their love and obsession with Japanese music. In the second in the series, we move to the 80s as we speak to Yosuke Kitazawa from Light in the Attic Records for another journey in sound from their latest releases.
This series was originally made to coincide with a series of gigs, featuring artists from the Japanese underground scene responsible for genre defining music from the groundbreaking electronics of Yellow Magic Orchestra to the sonic arts of Ryoji Ikeda and quirky Pop of Mariah.
Produced by Ben Eshmade.
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Mar 24, 2020
From the Archive: Japanese Innovators with Japan Blues
This week, we revisit a series of podcasts from June 2018 where we speak to a DJ, a writer and a record label, all showcasing their love and obsession with Japanese music. In the first of three episodes, Howard Williams, aka Japan Blues digs through his crates to share some of his favourite underground music from the 1970s.
This series was originally made to coincide with a series of gigs, featuring artists from the Japanese underground scene responsible for genre defining music from the groundbreaking electronics of Yellow Magic Orchestra to the sonic arts of Ryoji Ikeda and quirky Pop of Mariah.
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Mar 17, 2020
From the Archive: Efterklang - Leaves: The Colour of Falling (February 2017)
We are looking back into our archive to February 2017 and rediscovering an interview with Danish band, Efterklang. In 2012, the band's album Pyramidia dazzled our ears and minds with its exploration of an Arctic ghost town. And it was four years later, they reemerged with something perhaps no one was expecting - an opera. Ben Eshmade meets the band to hear more about Leaves: The Colour of Falling which was performed at the Barbican in February 2017.
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Mar 10, 2020
Sound Unbound with Cassa Pancho
This week, in the final episode of our Sound Unbound series, Cassa Pancho, choreographer and founder of Ballet Black, discusses Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello, the challenges of choreographing work to music and the emotional impact music can have on the audience.
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Mar 3, 2020
Sound Unbound with James R Gaines
In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, James R Gaines, author of ‘Evening in the Palace of Reason’, discusses the famed meeting between Bach and Frederick the Great in 1747, where the worlds of religion and spirituality collided with the rationality of early Enlightenment and the resulting fugue, Bach’s ‘Musical Offering’.
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Feb 25, 2020
Sound Unbound with Jayde Adams
In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, comedian Jayde Adams speaks about the important role classical music and opera - specifically Giacomo Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro' - has played in her life growing up and even in her stand-up comedy.
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Sound Unbound is a music series in which Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with some help from conductor Ben Gernon.
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Sound Unbound is produced by Freya Hellier for Loftus Media. The assistant producer is Alex Quinn.
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Feb 19, 2020
Sound Unbound with Ken Loach
In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, film director Ken Loach shares his love of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and the impact of Czech New Wave cinema on his own filmmaking.
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Sound Unbound is a music series in which Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with some help from conductor Ben Gernon.
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Sound Unbound is produced by Freya Hellier for Loftus Media. The assistant producer is Alex Quinn.
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Feb 11, 2020
Sound Unbound with Karine Polwart
In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, Josie Long introduces folk musician, Karine Polwart, as she speaks about the storytelling traditions of folk music and the importance of place and landscape encapsulated in Peter Maxwell Davies’ Farewell to Stromness, an unlikely protest song against a proposed uranium mine in Orkney.
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Sound Unbound is a music series in which Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with some help from conductor Ben Gernon.
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Sound Unbound is produced by Freya Hellier for Loftus Media. The assistant producer is Alex Quinn.
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Feb 4, 2020
Sound Unbound with Steve Reich
In our new series, Sound Unbound, Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with some help from conductor Ben Gernon. In the first episode, Steve Reich speaks about the profound impact hearing Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring at 14 had on him and his future career as a composer.
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Sound Unbound is produced by Freya Hellier for Loftus Media. The assistant producer is Alex Quinn.
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Feb 4, 2020
Trailer: Sound Unbound on Nothing Concrete
Welcome to Nothing Concrete, the Barbican podcast - here to inspire more people to discover and love the arts with weekly episodes of archive finds and themed series exploring music, cinema, visual art, theatre, architecture and everything in between.
Launching with a brand new series, Sound Unbound, presented by Josie Long, subscribe to Nothing Concrete for weekly episodes every Wednesday.
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