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Front Row: Sir Nicholas Serota, Glen Matlock, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring

Glen Matlock, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring, Sir Nicholas Serota

28/03/2017

Sir Nicholas Serota, Glen Matlock, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Sir Nicholas Serota, Glen Matlock, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring

Sir Nicholas Serota on leading Arts Council England, and the Royal Philharmonic plays punk

Sir Nicholas Serota on leading Arts Council England, the Royal Philharmonic plays punk, and Jo Ann Endicott remembers dancing with Pina Bausch.

As Sir Nicholas Serota delivers his inaugural speech as the new Chair of Arts Council England today, the former director of the Tate art galleries discusses his vision for his new role, and to what extent he intends to change the focus of the London-based institution. 

Set to the Stravinsky score, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring tells a brutal story of ancient ritual and sacrificial maidens. Jo Ann Endicott, a dancer who trained with Bausch, has been coaching the English National Ballet in their current performance at Sadler's Wells in London. She joins dancer Madison Keesler to talk about this extraordinary, exhausting, and demanding ballet. 

Some of punk's greatest hits have been covered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and English National Opera for a new album - The Anarchy Arias. Former Sex Pistols bassist, Glen Matlock - the man behind the project - explains why he wanted to fuse punk with opera. Plus music critic Kate Mossman reviews.

Main Image: Sir Nicholas Serota. Credit Hugo Glendinning 2016.

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