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Front Row: Glasgow's Burrell Collection reopens; Orphans the musical; Yoga Concerto; Edinburgh’s new Makar Hannah Lavery

30/03/2022

Glasgow's Burrell Collection reopens; Orphans the musical; Yoga Concerto; Edinburgh’s new Makar Hannah Lavery

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Glasgow's Burrell Collection reopens; Orphans the musical; Yoga Concerto; Edinburgh’s new Makar Hannah Lavery

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow reopens.

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow reopens; Orphans the musical from the National Theatre of Scotland; the world premiere of Sutra, a yoga concerto; Edinburgh’s Makar, Hannah Lavery

Presented by Kate Molleson from Glasgow. 

As the Burrell Collection reopens in Glasgow after a £68 million refit, Sunday Post art critic Jan Patience discusses the significance of the gallery, which includes rare Persian carpets, Chinese ceramics and sculptures by Rodin. 

Director Cora Bissett talks about Orphans – the new musical from the National Theatre of Scotland, adapted from Peter Mullan’s 1998 cult classic film set in Glasgow. 

Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe is in Glasgow to perform the world premiere of Sutra with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.  She tells Kate about collaborating with composer Wim Henderickx to create a concerto inspired by Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the first scriptures of yoga, and how yoga can help musicians find their flow.

Hannah Lavery is the recently appointed Edinburgh City Makar, the city’s poet laureate. She discusses her new role and her debut poetry collection Blood, Salt, Spring, a seemingly real time meditation on where we are – exploring ideas of nation, race and belonging.

Presenter: Kate Molleson
Producer: Timothy Prosser

Image: The Warwick Vase, a 2nd Century Roman marble sculpture, in The Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Photo credit: Timothy Prosser

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