Language and Reinvention
Cultural discussion programme. Tom Sutcliffe with violinist Edward Dusinberre, opera director Mariame Clement, poet Vahni Capildeo and linguist and writer Diego Marani.
On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe talks to the violinist Edward Dusinberre about interpreting Beethoven's string quartets. The sixteen quartets are challenging to play and appreciate alike, and have been subject to endless reinterpretation. The director, Mariame Cl茅ment, puts her own spin on the rarely performed comic opera L'Etoile, introducing two actors - one English, one French - to comment on the action. A missing interpreter is at the heart of Diego Marani's new novel, which combines the author's promotion of multilingualism with an interest in the relationship between language and identity. While the poet Vahni Capildeo, who moved from her native Trinidad to Britain, explores the complexity of identity and exile and finds herself drawn to words: "Language is my home, I say; not one particular language."
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Diego Marani
is the Policy Officer in charge of multilingualism at the European Union in Brussels.
The Interpreter is published by Dedalus.
Mariame Clement
is an opera director.
尝鈥櫭塼辞颈濒别 is on at the Royal Opera House in February.
Vahni Capildeo
is a poet and writer.
Measures of Expatriation is published by Carcanet Press.Edward Dusinberre
is first violinist of the .
Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet is published by Faber & Faber.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
Interviewed Guest | Edward Dusinberre |
Interviewed Guest | Mariame Clement |
Interviewed Guest | Vahni Capildeo |
Interviewed Guest | Diego Marani |
Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 1 Feb 2016 09:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Mon 1 Feb 2016 21:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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