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Music Matters: Game-changers

07/03/2020

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Singer Lise Davidsen, Alice Farnham on women conductors, Glass's Einstein on the Beach.

Presented by Tom Service. An interview with soprano Lise Davidsen, Alice Farnham on her Women Conductors course, plus a new book on Philip Glass's opera, Einstein on the Beach.

Tom Service interviews Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, who at the age of 33 is a phenomenon of vocal nature and is critically acclaimed for her performances of Wagner and Strauss. On the eve of International Women's Day 2020, we talk to Alice Farnham who launched what has become the RPS Women Conductors course back in 2014. She assesses how things have changed since and what the expectations are of young female conductors wishing to develop a career at the podium. Music Matters also hears from Professor John Richardson and researcher Jelena Novak about their new book, 'Einstein on the Beach - opera beyond drama', which assesses the legacy of Philip Glass's landmark piece across all arts and popular culture. And Tom learns about Denis and Katya – a collaboration between composer Philip Venables and director and writer Ted Huffmann – another boundary-pushing opera that explores the story of a couple of Russian teenagers who committed suicide on social media after a stand-off with the police.

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