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Front Row: New national poet of Wales, Lucian Freud show, The Royal Cornwall Museum, The Blue Woman opera

06/07/2022

New national poet of Wales, Lucian Freud show, The Royal Cornwall Museum, The Blue Woman opera

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, New national poet of Wales, Lucian Freud show, The Royal Cornwall Museum, The Blue Woman opera

New national poet of Wales announced, Lucian Freud show, The Blue Woman opera premiere.

New national poet of Wales announced live, Lucian Freud exhibition, The Royal Cornwall Museum and The Blue Woman opera premiere.

The role of National Poet of Wales is demanding: ‘to represent the diverse cultures and languages of Wales at home and abroad, take poetry to new audiences, encourage others to use their creative voice to inspire positive change, be an ambassador for the people of Wales, advocating for the right to be creative and spread the message that literature belongs to everyone.’ Front Row will reveal who will be taking up that challenge, announcing who will be following Ifor ap Glyn as the new National Poet for Wales and talk to them about the role, their work and ambitions.

A new exhibition at The Freud Museum in London entitled, Lucian Freud: The Painter and his Family features paintings, drawings, family photographs, books and letters. Front Row speaks to the curator, Martin Gayford about this highly personal exhibition which includes items never, or rarely seen artefacts from Lucian Freud’s life.

The future of The Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro is now uncertain because of a change in how the local county council is funding culture. We hear from councillor Carol Mould and Bryony Robins, the Artistic Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum. 

The composer Laura Bowler and librettist Laura Lomas discuss The Blue Woman - their new opera for the Royal Opera House which explores the psychological impact of violence against women.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Kirsty McQuire

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The Painter’s Mother Resting (1975-76)
Copyright: The Lucien Freud Archive
All Rights Reserved 2022/Bridgeman Images.

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