Solo percussionist, Evelyn Glennie explains her admiration for cellist, Jacqueline Du Pre.Presented by Matthew Parris.With music writer and broadcaster, Stephen Johnson.Producer: Perminder KhatkarFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
FeatureKultur & Gesellschaft
Great Lives Folgen
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Folgen von Great Lives
146 Folgen
-
Folge vom 01.04.2014Evelyn Glennie on Jacqueline Du Pre
-
Folge vom 28.01.2014DJ Sara Cox nominates singer Lisa 'Left Eye' LopesBBC Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox nominates Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, a hip hop artist and rapper who performed with the band TLC. She burned her lover's house down and TLC went bankrupt. Lisa died in a car accident aged 30, during a documentary shoot. The expert witness is music journalist Jacqueline Springer.Presented by Matthew Parris Producer: Perminder KhatkarFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
-
Folge vom 23.01.2014Mark Constantine on Kahlil GibranBusinessman Mark Constantine chooses Lebanese-American author of ‘The Prophet’, Khalil Gibran. With Matthew Parris. Snubbed and practically ignored by the literary establishment in the West, but regarded by millions as a world-class poet his work, The Prophet, published in 1923, has never been out of print and next to the bible is the biggest selling book in America. Businessman Mark Constantine champions the poet and together with the actor Nadim Sawalha. Matthew Parris is the presenter. Producer : Perminder KhatkarFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
-
Folge vom 23.01.2014Meg Rosoff on Isabella BirdAt home in Edinburgh Isabella Bird was the very picture of the ailing Victorian spinster but the moment her tiny feet hit the gangway of a steamer or squeezed into the stirrups of a horse she was transformed. Taking a doctor's advice to travel for the sake of her health Isabella headed for Australia, Japan, Korea and Hawaii before finding her spiritual home amongst the most rotten scoundrels of America's West. In 'Great Lives' the award-winning author of novels including 'How I Live Now' and 'The Bride's Farewell', Meg Rosoff explains why Isabella's transformation has inspired her books and her love of horses. She's joined by David McClay from the National Library of Scotland who maintains an archive of Isabella's colourful correspondence from the farthest flung corners of the Earth.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.