Stay ConnectedThis is Nothing Concrete, the Barbican podcast – here to inspire more people to discover and love the arts with weekly episodes of archive finds and themed series exploring music, cinema, visual art, theatre, architecture and everything in between.
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Another look back in our classical music archive - we revisit an interview with Riccardo Chailly, principal conductor of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, from October 2011, talking about his approach to performing the odyssey of the Beethoven symphony cycle at the Barbican.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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Back in 2016 we spoke to some of the talent behind what was to be the winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight - featuring interviews with writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and actors Travante Rhodes and Janelle Monáe.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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We meet idiosyncratic Swedish film maker Ruben Östlund to discover more about a pair of his breakthrough films, Force Majeure (2014) and the Palme D’or winning, The Square (2017).
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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We revisit an interview from 2013 during the centenary year of composer Benjamin Britten. In November 2013, director Netia Jones staged a unique, beautiful and sold out performance of Curlew River at St Giles, Cripplegate, with musical director William Lacey and singer, Ian Bostridge.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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In another archive edition, we remember and relisten to an in-depth interview with composer Michael Nyman exploring the story of how over forty years ago, the Michael Nyman Band, were conjured into existence.
Listen to hear Nyman discuss the complex, creative and compelling journey that led to the 40th anniversary of the ensemble back in November 2016 in the Barbican Hall.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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In this week's episode, we return to a series of interview speaking to bold and much-admired cinema director Luca Guadagnino and focus on two of his much admired films, 'A Bigger Splash' from 2015 and 'Call Me By Your Name' from 2017.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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In this archive episode from 2012, Ben Eshmade looks back at one of his favourite podcast interviews for the Barbican - that time he ended up on a taxi ride and musical journey with American minimalist composer, Philip Glass.
Recorded around his 75th birthday, Glass was in London ready to present his ground-breaking opera, Einstein on the Beach and later, a live music screening of his 1982 score to the film, Koyaanisqatsi.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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In this archive episode, we look back at two interviews with DJ and producer Jeff Mills, exploring time and space through ambitious techno and orchestral experimentation in his 2015 performance, Light From the Outside World and in 2017 for From Here to There.
From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade.
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In the final episode of our series of conversations with Stephen Fry, exploring music, art and mental health, Stephen explores his own identity, the background to his attempts to change society, and answers the question ‘can art really be used to change the world?’
The Art of Change is a series where we meet artists and performers who are passionate about changing the world, presented by journalist Chris Gunness.
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In episode three of our four-part series with Stephen Fry, exploring music, art and mental health, Stephen discusses his advocacy for personal causes, using his platform to take on homophobes in Russia, Africa and Brazil, flying the flag for men being honest about prostate cancer, and exploring the foundations for his profound conviction in his values.
The Art of Change is a series where we meet artists and performers who are passionate about changing the world, presented by journalist Chris Gunness.
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