
Episode 2
Phil Hammond's guests are novelist Marina Lewycka, sculptor Grayson Perry and neuroscientist tango queen Professor Nicky Clayton.
Novelist Marina Lewycka joins artist Grayson Perry and self-proclaimed "bird nerd" Professor Nicky Clayton to explain why they've brought along a bittersweet aria, an autobiographical rant about father/son relationships and a popular Argentine tune, in some frank and funny discussion.
Find out what Mozart has in common with a pop song about a polka dot bikini; what happens to cross-dressers when they hit the age of fifty and what the sexual behaviour of birds has to do with the history of tango.
With Phil Hammond.
The Music Choices are:
Dove sono i bei moment from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Brian Hyland
Surviving Twin by Loudon Wainwright
III Pavadita by Alfredo De Angelis y su orquesta
Producer: Tamsin Hughes.
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- Sat 24 Apr 2010 15:3091热爆 Radio 4