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Front Row: Director Céline Sciamma, conductor André J. Thomas, clash of the titles

27/02/2020

Director Céline Sciamma, conductor André J. Thomas, clash of the titles

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Director Céline Sciamma, conductor André J. Thomas, clash of the titles

Céline Sciamma on her film Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and composer André J. Thomas.

Director Céline Sciamma on her new film Portrait of a Lady on Fire; conductor and composer André J. Thomas; what happens when two artworks have the same title?

French director Céline Sciamma on her BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated film Portrait of a Lady on Fire, about an 18th Century artist who falls in love with the woman she is painting. Critics have hailed it as a manifesto for the female gaze.

André J. Thomas, composer and conductor of gospel music and spirituals, discusses the African-American musical tradition and his forthcoming event, Symphonic Gospel Spirit with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in London this weekend.

In a year which has seen two novels published called Queenie, joining the swelling ranks of books that have the same titles from Possession to  Joyland, from Life After Life to Twilight – writer and international trade lawyer Petina Gappah joins art critic Richard Cork to discuss what’s in a name across the arts.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald

Main image above: Noémie Merlant (Left) as Marianne and Adèle Haenel as Héloïse in Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Image credit: Lilies Films

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