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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: 05/06/2012

05/06/2012

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Grammy winning British multi-instrumentalist and composer Imogen Heap.

Grammy winning British multi-instrumentalist and composer Imogen Heap has spent six weeks in China creating a musical piece from sounds around her. She tells us how it came about.

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Imogen Heap is a Grammy winning British multi-instrumentalist and composer who has spent six weeks in China creating a musical piece from sounds around her; leaves rustling, birds tweeting, doors slamming. She tells us how it came about.

(Image: Imogen Heap performs on stage during day three of the Bluesfest Music Festival at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm on 23 April 2011 in Byron Bay, Australia. Credit: Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

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