Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Composer Howard Blake, Hepworth Prize for Sculpture
Biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody, reviewed, plus composer Howard Blake looks back at his career at 80.
Bohemian Rhapsody, the new biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, is finally in cinemas after eight years in the making. During production, two leading actors quit the project before Rami Malek took on the role of Freddie Mercury, Kate Mossman considers if film is worth the wait.
As he approaches his 80th birthday this week, the conductor and composer Howard Blake looks back over his career which has included more than 700 compositions, including the music for 65 films 鈥� most famously for The Snowman - and his Piano Concerto to mark Princess Diana鈥檚 30th birthday.
The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture is worth 拢30,000 to the winning artist recognised for their contribution to contemporary sculpture. This week an exhibition opens at Hepworth Wakefield showing the shortlisted artists Michael Dean, Mona Hatoum, Magali Reus, Phillip Lai and Cerith Wyn Evans. Art critic Adrian Searle considers their work and what they tell us about sculpture in the UK today.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Kate Bullivant
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Photo credit: 20th Century Fox
Bohemian Rhapsody is on general release, cert 12A
Main image:聽Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody
Photo credit:聽 20th Century Fox
Hepworth Prize for Sculpture
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漏 Mona
Hatoum聽
Photo 漏 White Cube
(Ollie
Hammick)
See the shortlisted works at聽the 听蹿谤辞尘
26 Oct until 20 Jan 2019
Broadcast
- Thu 25 Oct 2018 19:15麻豆社 Radio 4
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