Main content

Mark-Anthony Turnage, Clocks exhibition, Colum McCann, Martin Simpson

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including new Mark-Anthony Turnage work, the Science Museum clock exhibition, Colum McCann's short stories and Martin Simpson's song about steel.

Mark-Anthony Turnage discusses composing his first piano concerto which gets its UK premiere on Thursday at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. He reveals how difficult he found it to write, and where he drew his inspiration from.

As the Clockmaker's Museum - which holds the world's oldest clock and watch collection - is rehoused at the Science Museum, Kirsty takes a look round with the keeper of the collection, Sir George White.

Colum McCann speaks to Kirsty Lang about his new collection of short stories, Thirteen Ways of Looking. When he was composing them Colum was physically assaulted so badly that he was hospitalized. He describes how that attack affected his writing.

The guitarist and singer-songwriter Martin Simpson grew up in Scunthorpe where the steelworks there made a profound impression on him, and everywhere he has travelled he has been conscious of that industry. His song 'Home Again' expresses this, and his premonition that, one day lights of the furnace that illuminated his childhood would dim - and now they are about to. We hear his song while he reflects on its genesis.

Available now

30 minutes

Clip

Chapters

  • Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Duration: 08:03

  • Clocks exhibition

    Duration: 06:16

  • Colum McCann

    Duration: 08:46

  • Martin Simpson

    Duration: 04:35

Piano Concerto by Mark Anthony Turnage

Piano Concerto by Mark Anthony Turnage

Mark-Anthony Turnage introduces the UK premiere of his as part of the Halle series at the Bridgewater Hall Manchester.

The Clockmaker鈥檚 Museum at the Science Museum

The Clockmaker鈥檚 Museum at the Science Museum

is at the Science Museum from Friday 23 October 2015.

Thirteen Ways of Looking

Thirteen Ways of Looking byis available now.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Mark-Anthony Turnage
Interviewed Guest George White
Interviewed Guest Colum McCann
Interviewed Guest Martin Simpson

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 Oct 2015 19:15

成人论坛 Arts Digital

The best of British culture live and on demand.

Inspire

Inspire

A season discovering where artists find inspiration and helping listeners get creative.

Podcast