The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Its brings together new commissions, world-premiers and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten. It runs for a fortnight each June. This podcast gets up close with some of the artists taking part in this year's Festival, in a mix of quick fire questions and in-depth discussions, hosted by BCC Radio Three DJ Tom McKinney and Dr Lucy Walker. If you want to know more about the Aldeburgh Festival, this podcast is a great place to start.
The Aldeburgh Festival Podcast
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The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Its brings together new commissions, world-premiers and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten. It runs for a fortnight each June. This podcast gets up close with some of the artists taking part in this year's Festival, in a mix of quick fire questions and in-depth discussions, hosted by BCC Radio Three DJ Tom McKinney and Dr Lucy Walker. If you want to know more about the Aldeburgh Festival, this podcast is a great place to start.
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June 14, 2023
Bonus episode: The music of Ligeti
The Ligeti Quartet has curated Ligeti Day in this year’s Aldeburgh Festival to mark the centenary of the great composer’s birth. Highlights include a concert including 15 world premieres by composers including Ligeti’s son Lukas. In this specially created bonus edition of the Aldeburgh Festival podcast, the quartet members explore these new works and the music of Ligeti himself in advance of Ligeti Day on Friday 23 June.
June 5, 2023
Letters to a Young Artist
In the final episode of the 2023 Aldeburgh Festival podcast, our guests offer their advice to a young person starting out in their career, and we hear about some of their hopes and dreams for the future. Presented by Tom McKinney Edited by Matt Jolly Original theme music by Aldeburgh Young Musician, Laila Arafah
June 1, 2023
Britten, Pears and a small corner of England
The stars of the 2023 Aldeburgh Festival discuss the living legacy of two of its founders, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. How has their music, their relationship, and their determination to make music useful for the community informed their own musical lives? And why were they so affected by this quiet stretch of Suffolk coast? Presented by Tom McKinney Edited by Matt Jolly Original theme music by Aldeburgh Young Musician, Laila Arafa
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