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Front Row: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ursula K Le Guin remembered, Charles I: King and Collector

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ursula Le Guin remembered, Charles I: King and Collector

24/01/2018

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ursula K Le Guin remembered, Charles I: King and Collector

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ursula K Le Guin remembered, Charles I: King and Collector

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Ursula K Le Guin remembered.

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ursula K Le Guin remembered, Charles I: King and Collector at the Royal Academy in London and arts funding issues in Northern Ireland.

Now just 18, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason won the title of BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2016. His choice of repertoire ranges from Shostakovich to Bob Marley and he plays live in the studio on the release of his debut album, Inspiration.

Following the announcement of the death of Ursula K. Le Guin, the Earthsea writer's literary agent Ginger Clark and fantasy novelist Vic James discuss her legacy. 

Charles I (1600-1649) acquired and commissioned an extensive collection of art, including works by Rubens, Van Dyck, Holbein and Titian. Jerry Brotton, author of The Sale of the Late King's Goods, assesses the new Royal Academy exhibition Charles I: King and Collector, which includes works reunited for the first time since the 17th century.

As two Belfast-based arts institutions - the arts complex The MAC and the Ulster Orchestra - receive emergency funding after financial problems put them at risk, the BBC's Northern Ireland Arts Correspondent, Robbie Meredith, discusses the current state of arts funding in Northern Ireland.

Presenter: Alex Clark
Producer: Jerome Weatherald.

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