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Philip Glass, composer – portrait of the artist
Philip Glass talks about the stars he’d like to work with, the price of fame and why an artist has to be true to himself
The Times
Dame Kiri suffers stage fright on set of Downton Abbey
Dame Kiri, who retired from full-scale opera performances in 2009, suffered sleepless nights ahead of her TV acting debut
Classic FM Online
Hans Zimmer to receive Outstanding Contribution award at 2013 Classic BRITs
Film music composer Hans Zimmer has been announced as the winner of this year’s Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the 2013 Classic BRIT Awards
Kiri te Kanawa makes Downton cast cry
The cast of ITV’s Downton Abbey were reduced to tears by a performance from Dame Kiri te Kanawa during filming of the programme’s forthcoming fourth season
On Bank Holiday Monday 26 August 8-10pm, Gareth Davies – the London Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Flautist – tells the story of the LSO’s 1912 tour of the U.S.A. and compares it with the orchestra’s tours to America, Japan and a range of other destinations exactly 100 years later
Russell Watson: “New material is very, very exciting”
As tenor Russell Watson prepares for a summer of concerts and gears up for a new record later in the year, we chat to him about good dry cleaners, avoiding the rain and where his career is at the moment
The Telegraph
Charlotte Church interview: ‘I’ve been a raving feminist all my life‘
Peroxide hair, an edgy band, and a new-found feminist fervour… Craig McLean finds out if this is really the same Charlotte Church the world once knew as the Voice of an Angel
Classic FM Online