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The Seckerson Tapes: Ian Bostridge![]()
It comes as no surprise that international tenor Ian Bostridge plays a significant part in EMI and Virgin Classics‘ contribution to Britten 100. In this exclusive audio podcast he discusses the... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Colin Currie![]()
The evolution of the solo percussionist has advanced dramatically over the last couple of decades and among the superstars of the hardware that can be struck and pounded or caressed and stroked is... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Heldentenor Ian Storey![]()
In 2007 the English tenor, Ian Storey, made a dramatic and highly visible debut as Tristan in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the season opening of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Daniel... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Jan Vogler, Dresden Music Festival![]()
The 36th Dresden Music Festival has a big title and even bigger ambitions. Empire is a theme which Artistic Director Jan Vogler hopes will embrace not just the cultural achievements of the British... Read more... |
The Arts Desk Radio Show 11![]()
Another session of Peter, Joe, some amazing records and some musing on their whys and wherefores - originally broadcast live on NTS Radio out of London's fashionable Dalston. This time... Read more... |
The Arts Desk Radio Show 10![]()
Quite possibly because the sun was shining, even if it wasn’t actually warm as such, this show presented by Joe Muggs and Peter Culshaw got its groove on. There was shuffling about the NTS studio... Read more... |
Video: The Arts Desk/London Art Fair Debate![]()
Matthew Collings was snowed in in Norfolk, so was sadly unable to join us, but the weather didn’t defeat The Arts Desk/London Art Fair debate. The Art Newspaper’s market expert Melanie Girles and... Read more... |
The Arts Desk Radio Show 9![]()
Welcome to the latest edition of The Arts Desk Radio Show, originally broadcast live from London's glamorous Dalston last Tuesday on NTS Live. Once again Joe found himself flying solo as... Read more... |
The Arts Desk Radio Show 8![]()
The Arts Desk has quietly been testing the waters in the world of live radio, thanks to the kind people at NTS Live who invited Joe and Peter to do a fortnightly show for them. Having got into the... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: The Baltic Youth Philharmonic![]()
The Baltic Youth Philharmonic (founded in 2008) is part of a much larger and bolder enterprise embracing the 10 nation states bordering the Baltic Sea. At a time of financial duress when... Read more... |
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