Khaled Hosseini, Roxanna Panufnik, The inspiration of dreams
Roxanna Panufnik on her album Celestial Bird and composing for the Last Night of the Proms, Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini on his book Sea Prayer, and how dreams inspire art.
To celebrate her 50th birthday, the composer Roxanna Panufnik discusses her new album Celestial Bird which showcases the variety of her work, from religious choral music to an adaptation of a poem by the Indian polymath Rabindranath Tagore, as well as two major new commissions, one of which - Songs of Darkness, Dreams of Light - will have its world premiere at the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday.
Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, discusses his new illustrated book which is a response to seeing the photo of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed up on the beach in Turkey in September 2015.
As part of Front Row's Inspire season we'll be concentrating on dreams, and how they have provided inspiration for writers and artists over the centuries. The writer Matthew Sweet considers the influence of dreams on films and literature, neuro-scientist Prof Anil Seth gives us a clinical approach, and the artist Liliane Tomasko discusses the power of dreams and how she depicts them in her work.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Julian May.
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How do dreams become art?
Duration: 11:54
Roxanna Panufnik
Songs of Darkness, Dreams of Light has its world premiere at the Last Night of the Proms on Sat 8 Sept at 7.15 pm
Faithful Journey - A Mass for Poland is at Birmingham Town Hall/Symphony Hall
on Wed 21 Nov at 7.30 pm
Her cd, Celestial Bird, is out now
Khaled Hosseini
Photo credit: Jordi Matas
Khaled Hossein's book Sea Prayer is out now
Main image: Khaled Hosseini
Photo credit: KHF
Liliane Tomasko
Photo credit: Liliane Tomasko
View Liliane Tomasko's a dream ofin Berlin
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Samira Ahmed |
| Interviewed Guest | Roxanna Panufnik |
| Interviewed Guest | Khaled Hosseini |
| Interviewed Guest | Matthew Sweet |
| Interviewed Guest | Anil Seth |
| Interviewed Guest | Liliane Tomasko |
| Producer | Julian May |
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- Wed 5 Sep 201819:15BBC Radio 4
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