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Jasper Rees

Journalist Jasper Rees sets himself the crazy challenge of re-learning the French horn, then playing live at the Royal Festival Hall.

Music might feature in the work of many writers, but do many writers play an instrument? Quite a few do, and this essay series charts five writers with musical 'careers'. Here is a bit of autobiography, telling listeners how they started out, their inspirations, their memorable performances and how playing relates to their lives as writers.

And they are keen to demonstrate their musical talents, which you can hear at the end of each essay!

Journalist Jasper Rees set himself the challenge of re-learning to play the French Horn in one year. And after that year he was going to play in front of an audience - at the Royal Festival Hall.

15 minutes

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  • Thu 15 Oct 2009 23:00
  • Wed 28 Jul 2010 23:00

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