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Ute Lemper, Steelworks play We're Still Here, Vasily Petrenko

Singer Ute Lemper performs live; a report on the National Theatre of Wales's play We're Still Here; Vasily Petrenko offers his top tips for conducting.

The German cabaret singer Ute Lemper joins Kirsty in the studio to perform from her Last Tango in Berlin series of songs, which features the music of Brecht, Weill, Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.

Kirsty visits Port Talbot where the National Theatre of Wales is staging a new play, We're Still Here, inspired by the threatened closure of the town's steelworks in 2015 and the hundreds of people who lost their jobs. Kirsty talks to the creators Rhiannon White and Evie Manning, and Sam Coombes, the steelworker who has taken a sabbatical to star in the production.

If you've ever wondered what it take to be a great conductor, Vasily Petrenko, winner of the Gramophone Artist of the Year 2017, gives his top tips of dos and don'ts.

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Ute Lemper

    Duration: 08:44

  • We're Still Here

    Duration: 09:12

  • J P Donleavy remembered

    Duration: 07:00

  • Vasily Petrenko

    Duration: 04:49

Ute Lemper

Ute Lemper
Ute Lemper
Photo credit: Brigitte Dummer

Ute Lemper performs The 9 Secrets on Fri 15 Sept at 7.30pm at the , London

venues and dates

Her album The 9 Secrets is available now

Main image: Ute Lemper
Photo credit: Adam Berry, Getty Images




We're Still Here

We're Still Here
Photo: Steel worker, Sam Coombes

is at Byass Works, Dock Road, Port Talbot from 15 - 30 Sept聽

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Ute Lemper
Interviewed Guest Rhiannon White
Interviewed Guest Evie Manning
Interviewed Guest Sam Coombes
Interviewed Guest Vasily Petrenko
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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  • Thu 14 Sep 2017 19:15

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