Composer Gyorgy Ligeti, L'immensita starring Penelope Cruz, La Cage Aux Folles

Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 7:34 p.m.

Gy\xf6rgy Ligeti: on the 100th anniversary of his birth, we celebrate the Hungarian-Austrian composer and the 2023 Proms performances of his work - music which was famously used by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in The Shining and A Space Odyssey. Pianist Danny Driver, and music critic, author and librettist Jessica Duchen join Tom to discuss.

Plus we review La Cage Aux Folles - the musical story of a gay couple running a drag nightclub, and new Italian film L'immensita, starring Penelope Cruz - about a young girl in 70s Rome who yearns to be a boy, Our reviewers are theatre critic David Benedict, and writer, editor and podcaster Thea Lenarduzzi.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe\nProducer: Emma Wallace