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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day... Tommy Emmanuel Australian guitar wizard Tommy Emmanuel; adored and admired around the world talks about his extraordinary virtuosity and plays live. Kevin Volans South African composer, Kevin Volans, talks about street-music and Zulu lullabies; Liszt and Karlheinz Stockhausen; and the strange commissioning prejudices of music-festival directors. Jarvis Cocker One of popular music's most honest and pithy songwriters has just published a book of his lyrics. He talks to Sarfraz Manzoor about happiness, awkwardness and poetry Angela Gheorghiu The Soprano Angela Gheorghiu discusses growing up in Ceausescu's Romania, how she looks after her voice and her response to audiences who boo. John Rutter Intimately associated with Christmas carols, he talks about his composing career.
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