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2018

George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 16^th Oct 2018, 22:45 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Sun 26^th Jan 2020, 22:50 on BBC Four HD

The programme tracks the creation of celebrated composer Sir George Benjamin's latest opera Lessons in Love and Violence, which premiered at the Royal Opera House this year. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Participant:: George Benjamin
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Producer:: Jill Nicholls
Director:: Jill Nicholls

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Winter 2012

Episode 4: How Music Makes Us Feel

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 27^th Nov 2012, 22:35 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Tue 27^th Nov 2012, 23:05 on BBC One Wales

People often turn to music when words are not enough. Alan Yentob talks to musicians including Emeli Sande and Laurie Anderson about the emotional power of music. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Director:: Jill Nicholls
Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Producer:: Jill Nicholls
Participant:: Emeli Sande
Participant:: Jessye Norman
Participant:: George Benjamin
Participant:: Laurie Anderson
Participant:: Marcel Zentner
Participant:: Michael Spitzer

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Source: BBC Online

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George Benjamin - Part Two

BBC World News

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 22^nd May 2021, 18:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS AfricaLatest broadcast: Thu 27^th May 2021, 17:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Africa

Sir George Benjamin is still relatively little known outside the classical world. Imagine... sets that straight. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Participant:: George Benjamin
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Producer:: Jill Nicholls
Director:: Jill Nicholls

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Source: BBC Online

Written on Skin from the ROH

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 28^th Jun 2013, 19:30 on BBC Four

Film of an opera by composer George Benjamin and playwright Martin Crimp, performed at the Royal Opera House, which draws on a 12th-century Occitan legend about a troubadour. Show more

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Composer:: George Benjamin
Librettist:: Martin Crimp

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MusicClassicalOpera

Source: BBC Online

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George Benjamin - Part One

BBC World News

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 15^th May 2021, 18:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Asia PacificLatest broadcast: Thu 20^th May 2021, 17:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Latin America

Sir George Benjamin is still relatively little known outside the classical world. Imagine... sets that straight. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Participant:: George Benjamin
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Producer:: Jill Nicholls
Director:: Jill Nicholls

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Source: BBC Online

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George Benjamin

BBC World News

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 4^th May 2019, 03:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Sun 5^th May 2019, 22:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Sir George Benjamin is still relatively little known outside the classical world. Imagine... sets that straight. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Participant:: George Benjamin
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Producer:: Jill Nicholls
Director:: Jill Nicholls

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Music

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Source: BBC Online

Front Row

Pierre Boulez obituary, Costa Biography winner, Tracy Ullman review; Bolshoi Babylon

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 6^th Jan 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 6^th Jan 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Pierre Boulez obituary with Nicholas Kenyon and George Benjamin; Andrea Wulf, winner of the Costa Biography Award; Tracey Ullman's TV show; behind the scenes at the Bolshoi Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:: Nicholas Kenyon
Interviewed Guest:: George Benjamin
Interviewed Guest:: Andrea Wulf
Interviewed Guest:: Meryl O'Rourke
Interviewed Guest:: Nick Read
Interviewed Guest:: Mark Franchetti
Producer:: Rebecca Armstrong

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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Magazines & Reviews

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Front Row

Source: BBC Online

Royal Opera House - Lessons in Love and Violence

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 21^st Oct 2018, 21:00 on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: Sun 21^st Oct 2018, 21:00 on BBC Four

Sir George Benjamin conducts the world premiere of his new opera. Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Clemency Burton-Hill
Conductor:: George Benjamin
King:: Stephane Degout
Gaveston/Stranger:: Gyula Orendt
Isabel:: Barbara Hannigan
Mortimer:: Peter Hoare
Boy, later young king:: Samuel Boden
Girl:: Ocean Barrington-Cook
Witness 1/singer 1/woman 1:: Jennifer France
Witness 2/singer 2/woman 2:: Krisztina Szabo
Witness 3/madman:: Andri Bjorn Robertsson
Director:: Margaret Williams
Executive Producer:: Tony Followell
Executive Producer:: Francois Roussillon
Producer:: Peter Jones
Production Manager:: Anja Zoll-Khan
Production Manager:: Kit Withnail
Librettist:: Martin Crimp
Stage Director:: Katie Mitchell

Genres

MusicClassicalOpera

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Performances & Events

Source: BBC Online

BBC Proms

2018

National Youth Orchestra

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: Sun 12^th Aug 2018, 19:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 12^th Aug 2018, 19:00 on BBC Four HD

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain led by conductor George Benjamin performs Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain and Debussy's La Mer. Show more

Contributors

Musician:: Tamara Stefanovich
Orchestra:: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Conductor:: George Benjamin
Producer:: Natalie Woolman
Director:: Helen Mansfield

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MusicClassical

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BBC Proms: 2018

Source: BBC Online