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Helen Mirren, Winter Solstice Poetry, Conductor Ed Gardner, Hairy Rockers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Helen Mirren talks about her latest film Collateral Beauty, seeing more women on screen, that infamous interview with Michael Parkinson, and being "a damn fine woman".

Edward Gardner, Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, discusses their forthcoming UK tour and his recent Grammy nomination for Best Choral Performance for his album of Janáček's Glagolitic Mass and other orchestral works.

Continuing Radio 4's poetic celebration of the Winter Soltice, Kayo Chingonyi reads his poem, Winter Song, written especially for the occasion.

Ben Wardle scrutinises the delicate issue of ageing musicians and their hair, or rather its scarcity. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Helen Mirren
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Gardner
Interviewed Guest:
Kayo Chingonyi
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Wardle

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