Darcey Bussell, Joanna Lumley and Janet Street-Porter to curate fantasy classical music concerts for BBC Radio 3 Sean Rafferty will talk to guests about their favourite recorded live performances from the BBC s archive in a new programme on BBC Radio 3
February 22, 2021 at 12:06 pm
BBC Radio 3 has announced a new programme, ‘Celebrity Choice’, in which guests will choose recordings of live performances from the BBC’s Experience Classical digital archive. They will join Sean Rafferty to discuss their choices and reflect on their relationship with different styles of classical music.
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Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell; actor, playwright and artistic director of the Young Vic Theatre, Kwame Kwei-Armah; actor Joanna Lumley; comedian Rose Matafeo; and broadcaster and journalist Janet Street-Porter.
Radio 3 to broadcast complete Wagner Ring Cycle from the Royal Opera House
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Radio 3 to broadcast complete Wagner Ring Cycle from the Royal Opera House All 18 hours of Wagner s Ring Cycle will be broadcast across four days on BBC Radio 3, recorded at the Royal Opera House in 2018
Ring Cycle will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 this month, recorded at London’s Royal Opera House in 2018.
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Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Score announced
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Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Score announced Composing duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are leading the nominations, with their scores for Mank and Soul
The Golden Globe Awards is one of the biggest ceremonies in Hollywood, and often
sets the precedent for the Academy Awards, which take place soon after. In the last 20 years, 50% of Golden Globe winners have gone on to receive Oscars in the same season.
The BBC has launched
Soundscapes for Wellbeing, a new project which invites audiences to take part in a UK-wide ‘Virtual Nature Experiment’ exploring the role of virtual nature experiences to boost wellbeing during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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The ‘Virtual Nature Experiment’ will be run in collaboration with the University of Exeter to explore people’s responses to digital nature soundscapes created by sound recordist Chris Watson and composer Nainita Desai.
BBC Sounds Effects will relaunch its digital archive as an interactive platform, featuring tens of thousands of recorded sounds of nature. Sounds featured on the platform include the
David Attenborough and a mountain gorilla. Website visitors will be able to use the new ‘Mixer Tool’ feature to create mixes and share their soundscapes on BBC Sounds Effects.
Scottish postman Nathan Evans s rendition of the New Zealand whaling song went viral earlier this month on social media app, in a trend that s now taken over the internet