Alan Gilbert/Nico Muhly/Dalston Songs/Julia Jones
Presented by Tom Service. Featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and composer Nico Muhly, both from New York, plus searching out musical stories in the East End of London.
Tom Service talks to two New Yorkers - conductor Alan Gilbert in his first season with the New York Philharmonic, and young composer Nico Muhly. Stories are turned into music in Helen Chadwick's Dalston Songs, and Tom meets British-born conductor Julia Jones ahead of her debut at the Royal Opers House.
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