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Radio 3,13 Oct 2018,44 mins

The Power of Performance

Music Matters

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Presented by Tom Service Tom meets members of the cast of English National Opera's new production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, including Nicole Cabell (Bess), Eric Greene (Porgy) and Nadine Benjamin (Clara). Also, the conductor Mark Wigglesworth on his new book 'The Silent Musician', and the artist and composer Heiner Goebbels in Manchester on his stage work, part performance, part construction site, 'Everything that happened and would happen', exploring Europe's history over the last hundred years. Plus, for World Mental Health Day we hear direct testimonies of people who've found solace and hope in music.

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