Podcasts Culture Music Matters Hel's Deep and Mountains High

Hel's Deep and Mountains High

Published: Feb. 23, 2019, 1:02 p.m.

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We hear about The Monstrous Child and Hel, the heroine of Gavin Higgins and Francesca Simon\\u2019s new opera.\\nPianists Peter Donohoe and Noriko Ogawa discuss and play mountains of the piano duo repertoire: Stravinsky, Rachmaninov & Debussy. \\nTom speaks to musicians who spend their evenings performing in concert halls, and their days walking in the mountains (conductor Garry Walker) stretching in hot yoga studios (violinist Elena Urioste), or running ultra-marathons (Leon Bosch) to discover the connection between music and sporting disciplines.\\nTom visits English composer Anthony Payne at home in London hearing about the catalyst that sparked his life in music, Elgar, and why we need more new music in our lives.

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