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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: My Life in Music

The Essay: My Life in Music: Episode 2: Cage Sonatas and Hancock's Head Hunters

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Episode 2: Cage Sonatas and Hancock's Head Hunters

My Life in Music

Cage Sonatas and Hancock's Head Hunters

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, My Life in Music, Cage Sonatas and Hancock's Head Hunters

Composer Kerry Andrew discovered she had two CDs in common with her boyfriend.

Composer Kerry Andrew discovered she had two CDs in common with her new boyfriend. Would this musical overlap lead to a partnership for life?

Away from the concert platform, five musicians write about the music that has shaped their personal lives.
Composer Kerry Andrew met bassist and heavy metal enthusiast Andrew online. On meeting in the flesh, she discovered that amongst their vast individual CD collections, they had two discs in common: John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes, played by Boris Berman, and Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock. Would this overlap in musical taste be an indicator of a successful partnership for life?

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.

Five musicians write about the music that has shaped their personal lives

Away from the concert platform, five musicians write about the music that has shaped their personal lives

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