In the final episode in our exploration of classical composers of the Black Renaissance, Samantha Ege looks at the music of one of the quintessential composers of this era: Florence Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Samantha Ege looks at two pioneering African American women from the early twentieth century: Nora Holt and Helen Hagan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Samantha Ege takes us to 1930s Chicago to discover the women who were a driving force in the city’s rebirth, most notably Margaret Bonds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Samantha Ege shines a light on two women whose music is rooted in the Black Renaissance: Zenobia Powell Perry and Betty Jackson King. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode, Ege shines a light on two of the composers who influenced the music that emerged from the 20th-century Black Renaissance in the United States: British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Canadian composer Robert Nathaniel Dett. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr Samantha Ege introduces the Black Renaissance: a cultural movement that took place in the United States in the early 20th century. Hear about its origins and influences, discover the incredible music that emerged from it, and connect to the pioneering composers who wrote it – many of whom were women.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of this series of Sound Unbound, we bring you a special edition, featuring composer and musician Nitin Sawhney. He, Josie Long and Ben Gernon look at the space around us and how it influences creative practice, with a sneak peak inside our concert hall and Coventry Cathedral.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the penultimate episode of this series of Sound Unbound, Josie Long speaks to academic, composer and performer CN Lester. They take us back to the 17th Century and the wonderfully dramatic music of Barbara Strozzi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, we hear how poet and self-acclaimed investigator of missing sounds Raymond Antrobus responded the first time he heard Sibelius’ Second Symphony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, Jazz singer, songwriter and vocal coach Zara McFarlane speaks of the four most memorable notes in classical music’s history.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, Josie Long introduces actress Bonnie Greer, as she introduces us to Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, which draws inspiration from the Middle Eastern legends in One Thousand and One Nights.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our second series of Sound Unbound, a podcast where comedian and co-founder of Arts Emergency Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with help from conductor Ben Gernon. In this first episode, actress and pianist Amber Anderson tells us what Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu means to her, as the final she played before leaving music school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to a special conversation from our lakeside hosted by artists Abbas Zahedi and Joshua Leon. The discussion developed out of themes raised by our exhibition Postwar Modern in relation to Abbas Zahedi’s idea that we now live in the ‘Age of Many Posts’. Kounsel is an immaterial and moving space organised by Joshua Leon and Abbas Zahedi where all can enter into discussion as active contributors and listeners. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Members of our Young Poets and Young Visual Arts Group chat about what it means to be a young artist today and their experience of being part of our young creative programmes. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In another archive edition we return to the cinema and experience a family falling apart in front of their son’s eyes in 1960s suburbia – here we speak to actor turned writer and director Paul Dano about Wildlife. In 1960s Montana Joe loses his job and struggles for purpose, eventually temporary abandoning his family to help fight nearby forest fires. The film follows how the mother and son cope and adapt to life without their husband and father. In the film Dano has drawn together an...

On this week’s archive edition our focus turns once again to the cinema as we relisten to an honest and engaging conversation with director Lynne Ramsay. For over two decades director Lynne Ramsay has blazed a path in her films from her debut 1999’s Ratcatcher to the subject of this interview, 2017’s dark and intense You Were Never Really Here. ‘You know there’s no money, time’s running out, there’s always this crazy energy and I think sometimes that’s just brings out the best ideas for me….I...

On this week’s edition we travel back in our archive and re-discover one of the centres most ambitious festivals. At a time when musical genres were in flux and people were hungry for something new - the Barbican celebrated Steve Reich with a marathon weekend of music entitled Reverberations. On May 7 & 8 2011 we celebrated Steve Reich's 75th birthday. Reverberations included the European premiere of his string quartet WTC 9/11; the UK premiere of his Mallet Quartet by the Amadinda...

On this week’s archive edition we return to 2013 and director Clio Barnard's reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s famous fairy tale – The Selfish Giant. ‘Well I guess I see it as a love story really, but it’s about a friendship between two boys and I guess they are trying, struggling to come of age – Clio Barnard. In this film, Wilde’s fairy tale is transported to the estates of Bradford. Barnard is never shy of dealing with tough subject matter and the drama has real emotional punch, with incredibly...

In this archive episode we return to an interview with actor and director Desiree Akhavan, speaking to her in detail about her film The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post is the follow up to her debut Appropriate Behaviour and is drawn from the 2012 Novel of the same name.  Set in the 90s the film stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Cameron Post who finds herself after a post-prom outing in a christian gay conversion camp. She bonds with new outsider friends Jane...

This week we have a live recording of Can we be artists?, a bold panel discussion we hosted in collaboration with Headway East London.  Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this edition we uncover the story of the most controversial whistle-blower of the 21st Century – Edward Snowden. The 2016 Oliver Stone drama Snowden is the true story of how one insider leaked thousands of classified documents to the press, uncovering illegal and frankly unbelievable surveillance technique used by the American government. Joseph-Gordon Levitt plays the lead with strong support from Shailene Woodley as his girlfriend Lindsey Mills. Around Snowden is a floating set of...

On this edition we journey into the cinematic storytelling of filmmaker Sebastián Lelio with the bold and beautiful Oscar nominated A Fantastic Woman and its follow up Disobedience, a powerful drama about faith and love. A Fantastic Woman is sumptuous and soul searching - with an incredible score from composer Matthew Herbert. Disobedience is a powerful and deeply reverberating drama that goes beyond easy description. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and...

In this special podcast collaboration, The Log Books' Tash and Adam take a closer look at some of the objects in our Out and About exhibition, and what they tell us about LGBT+ life in London over the past 40 years - and today. From Drag Balls to fetish wear; protest banners and photo albums. Hear about the subcultures, hard-fought political campaigns, inspiring characters and parties that tell the story of LGBT+ London over the past 40 years, and got us to where we are today. See the items...

This week, we look to our archive, returning to 2017 when we had the chance to speak to acting legend Gael Garcia Bernal about the film Neruda. The Mexican actor, producer and director's first full-length role was in the Oscar nominated drama Amores Perros in 2000, but he is perhaps best known for his role as Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries which came out five years later. His range of roles is pretty incredible having starred in Pixar’s Coco, Almodovar’s Bad Education, and even taking...