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Serial Offender – Arnold Schoenberg’s 12 -tone adventure – BBC Radio 4 – 3rd September, 4pm

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Arnold Schoenberg who devised a means of composing using each of the twelve tones of the chromatic scale as …

In Time to the Music – BBC Radio 4 – 7th February 2023, 11:30am

The story of a piece of music, song, an air or melody travelling through time as a folk tune, a theatre melody, a hymn, a composition, a symphony – reinterpreted …

London 2012: From Waste Land to Gold Rush

Saturday 16th July 2022, 8pm, BBC Radio 4

Presented by Gabby Logan, BBC Radio 4’s Archive on 4 reveals the extraordinary story of how London became host city of …

I Was Sylvia Robinson’s Chief Recording Engineer

Andrew McGibbon talks to Allan Tucker, chief recording engineer at All Platinum records, owned by the singer and “Mother of Hip Hop” Sylvia Robinson with then husband Joe Robinson.

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I Was Basquiat’s Partner in Noise

Andrew McGibbon talks to Michael Holman, a close friend of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who asked Michael to form an art-house noise group called Gray in 1979.

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I Was Georgia O’Keeffe’s Five Year Companion

Margaret Wood, who worked for the artist Georgia O’Keefe – the Mother of American Modernism – talks about her time as chef, caregiver and companion in her final years.

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The Dying of the Ice

Critically acclaimed immersive arts documentary series that explores how climate change is affecting and inspiring artists in the Arctic regions as their folklore and customs – based on centuries of …

I Was Stanley Kubrick’s Assistant

Anthony Frewin worked closely with Stanley Kubrick for many years as his assistant. He found himself charged with a number of duties, two of which were tracking down somebody impersonating …

Street Cry Goodbyes

A celebration in music and sound of the disappearing cries of street vendors past and present, and how these musical calls and sung street adverts influenced baroque composers and artists …