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Front Row: Trumpet player Alison Balsom and the campaign to revive the works of author Jack Hilton

07/09/2022

Trumpet player Alison Balsom and the campaign to revive the works of author Jack Hilton

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Trumpet player Alison Balsom and the campaign to revive the works of author Jack Hilton

Musician Alison Balsom, author Jack Hilton, black Scottish identity in art.

Trumpeter Alison Balsom talks about her new album, Quiet City, and why has the work of author Jack Hilton been forgotten?

The trumpeter and musician Alison Balsom has performed with some of the world’s greatest orchestras.  She talks about her latest album, Quiet City.

Jack Hilton was a plasterer from Rochdale whose groundbreaking writing was praised by both WH Auden and George Orwell.  His work fell out of print after the Second World War and he has been largely forgotten.  Jack Chadwick, who is running a campaign to revive his works, explains why his works need to be revived. 

Cabaret performer Rhys Hollis, also known as Rhys’s Pieces, and opera singer Andrea Baker discuss their video piece OMOS showcasing Black Queer Scottish performance at Edinburgh’s Royal Scottish Academy. 

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Producer: Eliane Glaser

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