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Radio 3,16 May 2015,45 mins
Mike Leigh's Pirates of Penzance, New Government and the arts, Leif Ove Andsnes, Inside Song - Mozart
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Tom Service reviews Mike Leigh's new production of The Pirates of Penzance at ENO with broadcaster Geoffrey Smith and critic Michael Billington; asseses what the new government and culture secretary could mean for the arts in the UK in discussion with journalist Richard Morrison and Deborah Annetts, Chief Executive of the Incorporated Society of Musicians; Tom also interviews pianist Leif Ove Andsnes on his 'Beethoven Journey' performing and directing all of the composer's piano concertos, and in the last installment of his series 'Inside Song', Cliff Eisen analyses some of Mozart's lieder in search of his private live.
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