On BBC Radio 4 Soul Music tomorrow morning talking about our arrangement of this beautiful song using Ella’s original mono vocals and adding the glorious London Symphony Orchestra to the mix Abbey Road Studios
Thanks for having us Maggie Ayre
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‘Clang, clang, clang went the trolley, ding, ding, ding went the bell…’
Put on your dancing shoes & join Neil Brand 🇺🇦 & some wonderful contributors as they tell the story of The Golden Age of the MGM Musical 7.15pm Sunday BBC Radio 3 or BBC Sounds Producer Maggie Ayre #MGM100

This Sunday, folks - a whistlestop tour through the MGM musical with the help of John Wilson, LB Mayer's grand-niece, Jon Burlingame and a wealth of archive expertly corralled by producer Maggie Ayre. BBC Radio 3 @mgmstudios #hollywood #musicals bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

This evening Front Row previews the BBC Radio 3 Sunday feature (7 April) Neil Brand and I have made to mark the centenary of MGM studios focussing on the golden age of Hollywood musicals
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Books, books, books. From Man's Search for Meaning to Patti Smith's search for her art: join Christopher Eccleston and Lindsey Hilsum on BBC Radio 4 4.30pm today, 11.30am Thursday, online thereafter. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Travels in the imagination in A Good Read this pm when Harriett Gilbert is joined by Paterson Joseph & Richard Coles to discuss favourite novels set in London, Buenos Aires & west coast Scotland. 4.30pm BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds Producer Maggie Ayre bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Delighted to be on one of my faves today: A Good Read BBC Radio 4 BBC Sounds 4.30pm > Ian Rankin picks Emeric Pressburger, my choice is a memoir of the 80s' NYC art scene by Jennifer Clement The wonderful Harriett Gilbert picks the powerful ‘The Patience Stone’ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

A Good Read returns BBC Radio 4 4.30pm Tue 30 Jan with book recs to zhuzh up your January. Ian Rankin chooses a novel by filmmaker Emeric Pressburger & Colin MacIntyre picks a memoir of the 1980s' New York art scene. With Harriett Gilbert Producer Maggie Ayre bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

📻🎼 We're looking for your wild and wonderful stories about Van Morrison's 'Sweet Thing' (from Astral Weeks) for BBC Radio 4's Soul Music.
If the song has a special meaning for you, or if you have a personal connection to it, we would love to hear more.❤️

Listen to the brilliant Cahir O’Doherty on this antidote to some of the saccharine music that infects the airwaves this time of year.Soul Music BBC Radio 4 on Christmas Eve and on BBC Sounds
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A reflection of the Irish spirit: a poignant time for a repeat of Soul Music Fairytale of New York on Christmas Eve at 2300 BBC Radio 4 BBC Sounds
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Quietly reflective on the music we inherit from our parents and grief. Last in the current series of Soul Music BBC Radio 4 BBC Sounds
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When he's not playing the violin, what does Nigel Kennedy read? And what does actor Clare Perkins read between takes? Clare E Perkins Find out on #agoodread BBC Radio 4 4.30pm today, 11.30am Thurs, forever after (well something like that) online bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Opera, insects and sexual awakening. Violinist Nigel Kennedy & actor Clare E Perkins join Harriett Gilbert for A Good Read 4.30pm BBC Radio 4 to discuss books they have loved. Produced by Maggie Ayre bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

On 7th November one of the great artists of our time Joni Mitchell turns 80. We've been exploring her pioneering work + incredible life story in a new series for BBC Radio 4, presented by the amazing Jesca Hoop. Episode One is out today.
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bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… More good book recommendations today from Cressida Cowell and chef Romy Gill MBE presented by Harriett Gilbert - The Namesake, Joy Luck Club and the wonderful Managing Expectations by actor Minnie Driver

I played RUSH E on 48 wine glasses (and accordion) youtu.be/l9uinJkaI2Y?si… via YouTube

Listen now on BBC Sounds for some powerful stories of what the song means to people, including Broadway set designer of Wicked Ed Pierce and singer Felicia Temple as well as the first British Elphaba Kerry Ellis

🎵 It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap... 🎵

How the song Defying Gravity from Wicked has touched people around the world.

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Wicked is such a great musical
Soul Music tomorrow at 1030 features incredible contri butions from Felicia Temple @kerryellis and others talking about Defying Gravity. #Wicked UK #Wicked #KerryEllis #musicals #Broadway
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