Ute Lemper, Steelworks play We're Still Here, Vasily Petrenko
Singer Ute Lemper performs live; a report on the National Theatre of Wales's play We're Still Here; Vasily Petrenko offers his top tips for conducting.
The German cabaret singer Ute Lemper joins Kirsty in the studio to perform from her Last Tango in Berlin series of songs, which features the music of Brecht, Weill, Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.
Kirsty visits Port Talbot where the National Theatre of Wales is staging a new play, We're Still Here, inspired by the threatened closure of the town's steelworks in 2015 and the hundreds of people who lost their jobs. Kirsty talks to the creators Rhiannon White and Evie Manning, and Sam Coombes, the steelworker who has taken a sabbatical to star in the production.
If you've ever wondered what it take to be a great conductor, Vasily Petrenko, winner of the Gramophone Artist of the Year 2017, gives his top tips of dos and don'ts.
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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Ute Lemper
Duration: 08:44
We're Still Here
Duration: 09:12
J P Donleavy remembered
Duration: 07:00
Vasily Petrenko
Duration: 04:49
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Photo credit: Brigitte DummerUte Lemper performs The 9 Secrets on Fri 15 Sept at 7.30pm at the Cadogan Hall, London
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Her album The 9 Secrets is available now
Main image: Ute Lemper
Photo credit: Adam Berry, Getty ImagesWe're Still Here
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Photo: Steel worker, Sam Coombes
The National Theatre of Wales production of We're Still Here is at Byass Works, Dock Road, Port Talbot from 15 - 30 SeptCredits
Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Ute Lemper Interviewed Guest Rhiannon White Interviewed Guest Evie Manning Interviewed Guest Sam Coombes Interviewed Guest Vasily Petrenko Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Jerome Weatherald Broadcast
- Thu 14 Sep 201719:15BBC Radio 4
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