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Private Passions: Therese Oulton

Therese Oulton

06/11/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Therese Oulton

Artist Therese Oulton shares music that inspires her with Michael Berkeley.

Michael Berkeley's guest is Turner Prize-nominated artist Therese Oulton. Her musical choices include Britten, Shostakovich, Wagner, Brecht and Mary Lou Williams.

Thérèse Oulton burst on to the scene in 1984, fresh out of art school, with a highly-praised solo exhibition, which was followed three years later by a nomination for the Turner Prize.

From the very beginning she has challenged the orthodoxies of both abstract and figurative painting. And her recent highly detailed landscapes find beauty even in a damaged, fragile earth, evoking both familiarity and strangeness.

Her work is highly prized by collectors and is in major public collections around the world, including the Tate and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Thérèse talks to Michael Berkeley about her passion for Wagner, the physicality of music and painting, and the pleasure of listening to live music. Her music choices include Britten, Shostakovich, Wagner, Brecht and Mary Lou Williams - inspired by the time she spent waitressing at Ronnie Scott's as an art student.

Producer: Jane Greenwood
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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