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The Arts Hour: Paul McCartney, Idina Menzel, Kiesza

Paul McCartney, Idina Menzel, Kiesza

20/12/2014

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Paul McCartney, Idina Menzel, Kiesza

Paul McCartney on writing a song for the game Destiny, Idina Menzel on voicing a princess

Paul McCartney on writing a song for the game Destiny, Idina Menzel on voicing a Disney princess and Canadian singer-songwriter Kiesza on her hit Hideaway.

Paul McCartney on creating a song for the video game Destiny and missing the days of vinyl. Broadway star Idina Menzel explains the challenges of voicing a Disney Princess. We find out why Cubans want to perform Shakespeare and hear from the Chinese artist Ming Wong, whose multi-screen installation is pulling in the crowds at the Shanghai Biennale. The Canadian singer songwriter Kiesza talks about writing her hit Hideaway in 90 minutes, and how the Canadian army wanted to train her as their first female sniper. Writers Peter Walker and Evie Wyld talk about conspicuous absence of the Vietnam war experience in Antipodean literature.  Andrew Lloyd-Webber reveals how the team behind his mega-hit show Cats, thought the show would be a disaster. And, the London Klezmer Quartet provide lashings of celebratory music.

(Photo: Sir Paul McCartney (c) Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty, Idina Menzel (c) Monica Schipper/Getty, Kiesza (c) Mike Coppola/Getty)

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