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Wild, TS Eliot poetry prize, Oppenheimer at the RSC and Barbara Hannigan

Kirsty Lang presents a review of Wild, the announcement of the TS Eliot poetry prize winner, Oppenheimer at the Royal Shakespeare Company and soprano Barbara Hannigan.

We review Reese Witherspoon's new film, Wild. Adapted from Cheryl Strayed's memoir by Nick Hornby, it's the story of Cheryl's 1,100 mile solo trek on the Pacific Crest Trail, to recover from recent catastrophic events in her life.

Director Angus Jackson and playwright Tom Morton-Smith discuss their new play, Oppenheimer, about 'the father of the atom bomb', J. Robert Oppenheimer. The play is set against the backdrop of hedonistic 1930s America, and explores the tension at the heart of the Manhattan Project.

Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan talks about the extraordinary leaps she is able to make with her voice and how she is taking on more and more conducting (often while singing).

Plus, we talk to judge Fiona Sampson about the David Harsent's collection Fire Songs which has won the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry 2014.

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Mon 12 Jan 2015 19:15
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  • Wild

    Duration: 04:40

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  • Wild

    Duration: 04:54

  • Oppenheimer

    Duration: 08:50

  • T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize

    Duration: 05:59

  • Barbara Hannigan

    Duration: 08:22

Wild

Wild

Wild opens nationwide on Friday 16 January, certificate 15

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer runs in the Swan Theatre from Thursday 15 January until Saturday 7 March 2015

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan performs with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican on Wednesday 15th January. 

She performs in the world premiere of Accused, Magnus Lindberg’s first work for solo voice and orchestra with the London Philharmonic at the Royal Festival Hall on 28th January. 

On 12th February she performs Dutilleux’s Correspondances and 'La Princesse' in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges also at the Royal Festival Hall. 

And her performance in Alban Berg’s Lulu is out on DVD now. 

Photo credit: Raphael Brand


2014 T S Eliot Prize

2014 T S Eliot Prize

The winner of this year’s T S Eliot prize is David Harsent for his collection of poetry Fire Songs.

The shortlisted poets: 

Fiona Benson - Bright Travellers (Jonathan Cape)
John Burnside - All One Breath (Jonathan Cape)
Louise Glück - Faithful and Virtuous Night (Carcanet)
David Harsent - Fire Songs (Faber)
Michael Longley -  The Stairwell (Jonathan Cape)
Ruth Padel - Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth (Chatto & Windus)
Pascale Petit - Fauverie (Seren)
Kevin Powers - Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting (Sceptre)
Arundhathi Subramaniam - When God is a Traveller (Bloodaxe)
Hugo Williams - I Knew the Bride (Faber)


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Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Jenny McCartney
Interviewed Guest Angus Jackson
Interviewed Guest Tom Morton-Smith
Interviewed Guest Barbara Hannigan
Interviewed Guest Fiona Sampson
Producer Dymphna Flynn

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