V铆kingur 脫lafsson on Bach鈥檚 Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach鈥檚 The Old Oak
Front Row remembers Michael Gambon, and Tom Sutcliffe and guests review some of the week's cultural highlights, including Ken Loach's new film, The Old Oak.
Front Row reviews two of this week鈥檚 cultural highlights. Tom Sutcliffe is joined by writer Hettie Judah and film critic Peter Bradshaw to discuss Happy Gas, a retrospective of work by Sarah Lucas at the Tate Britain, and The Old Oak, which director Ken Loach has said will be his final film.
Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson, was Front Row鈥檚 artist in (remote) residence during the lockdown, playing for us live in the empty Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik. At last V铆kingur comes to the Front Row studio in person to talk to Tom Sutcliffe about his recording of the Goldberg Variations which, he says, are a musical metaphor for life itself.
And the actor Sir Michael Gambon has died at the age of 82. Best-known for his role as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, his work also encompassed theatre, TV and Radio drama. Theatre writer Paul Allen and film critic Peter Bradshaw discusses his career on both stage and screen.
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Corinna Jones
Michael Gambon 1:12
Happy Gas 8:41
Vikingur Olafsson 16:32
The Old Oak 33:12
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