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Nmon Ford, Eavan Boland, Kit de Waal, London Mozart Players

Baritone and composer Nmon Ford on his new work, Orfeus, which fuses opera with house music. Plus a tribute to the great Irish poet Eavan Boland.

Panamanian-American baritone Nmon Ford on fusing house music with opera and the legend of Orfeus to create a unique new work which was set to premiere at London鈥檚 Young Vic last week.

Sin茅ad Gleeson pays tribute to the great Irish poet Eavan Boland, who died yesterday at the age of seventy five. Boland's poems often drew connections between the lives of Irish women past and present.

Author Kit de Waal revisits a novel she has always struggled with - Thackeray's Vanity Fair, and she talks about The Big Book weekend - her new online literary festival (8 -10 May) which is part of the 91热爆's Culture in Quarantine initiative.

Composer Alex Woolf has written a series of pieces for the musicians of the London Mozart Players to play in their own homes. Tonight on Front Row we give the world premiere of 91热爆spun Miniatures No.2, for violin and cello.

Main image: Nmon Ford

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Timothy Prosser

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Nmon Ford

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Eavan Boland remembered

Eavan Boland remembered
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Kit de Waal

Kit de Waal

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The 听is a three-day virtual festival that brings together the best of the cancelled UK literary festivals, beginning on 08 May 2020.听 It is co-founded by the authors Kit de Waal and Molly Flatt, and听is supported by the 91热爆 and Arts Council England.听

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Alex Woolf

Alex Woolf

The online premier of Alex Woolf's composition 91热爆 in Miniature for Violin and Cello听 is performed by the London Mozart Players听 on 29 April 2020.

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