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So, Hear Me Out: What does pop owe to classical music?
The words ‘Classical goes pop’ in large type, flanked on either side by images of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven and singer Barry Manilow
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So, Hear Me Out: What does pop owe to classical music?

Classical music goes pop for hosts Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens in this eighth and final episode of our podcast series.

So, Hear Me Out: Are film and game soundtracks ‘proper’ classical music?
The words ‘Films, Games & Classical’ in large type, flanked on either side by images of Scarlett Johansson in the film 'Under the Skin' and characters from the video game Soulcalibur II
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So, Hear Me Out: Are film and game soundtracks ‘proper’ classical music?

Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore the world of film soundtracks and game scores in episode seven of our podcast series.

So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music make you happier?
The words ‘Classical ‘highs in large type, flanked on either side by images of the composers Felix Mendelssohn and Francesca Caccini
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So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music make you happier?

Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore the happiness that classical music can bring in the sixth episode of our podcast series

So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music provide hope to the imprisoned?
The words 'Music behind bars' in large type, flanked on either side by images of the composer Ethel Smyth and composer Olivier Messiaen during his time as a prisoner of war
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So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music provide hope to the imprisoned?

Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore compositions that testify to the resilience of creativity in this fifth episode of our classical music podcast.

So, Hear Me Out: Is classical music just one big remix?
The words ‘Classical as Protest’ in a large font, flanked on either side by images of composer Luciano Berio and Star Wars character Darth Vader.
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So, Hear Me Out: Is classical music just one big remix?

Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens discuss classical music’s tendency to borrow from its own past in our classical music podcast’s fourth episode.

So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music be protest music?
The words ‘Classical as Protest’ in a large font, flanked on either side by images of composers Julius Eastman and Frederic Rzewski.
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So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music be protest music?

Hosts Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens contemplate classical music as a form of protest in the third episode of our classical music podcast.

So, Hear Me Out: Is it ok to use music from cultures that are not your own?
The words Cross Cultural Classical in a large font, flanked on one side by images of host Gillian Moore and composers Claude Debussy and Antonín Dvořák
Podcast

So, Hear Me Out: Is it ok to use music from cultures that are not your own?

In the second episode of our classical music podcast hosts Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore the boundary between inspiration and appropriation.

So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music be funny?
The words Laugh Out Loud Classicall in a large font, flanked on either side by images of composers Haydn and Ravel
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So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music be funny?

Listen to the first episode of the Southbank Centre’s classical music podcast, as hosts Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore humour in music.

Han Kang: Greek Lessons
Han Kang, a middle-aged Korean woman with long dark hair, sits on a chair on a darkened stage; adjacent to her is the broadcaster Octavia Bright, a White woman with long brown hair sat on a similar chair.
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Han Kang: Greek Lessons

Listen to Han Kang, 2024’s Nobel Prize in Literature winner, in conversation with Octavia Bright, recorded live in our Purcell Room in 2023.

Nikki Giovanni at Poetry international
Nikki Giovanni on stage at Southbank Centre in discussion with Bridget Minamore
Podcast

Nikki Giovanni at Poetry international

Listen to the legendary poet and activist Nikki Giovanni live in conversation with Bridget Minamore, recorded at our 2019 Poetry International.

Strange Clay – Out of the Kiln: From Technique to Concept
Aaron Angell, Pie #1, 2020 Reduced puisaye stoneware with titanium slips, oni-shino, and pine ash glazes 52 x 42 x 20 cm.
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Strange Clay – Out of the Kiln: From Technique to Concept

Artists Aaron Angell and Serena Korda, curator Cliff Lauson and Crafts’ Isabella Smith come together to talk clay for Hayward Gallery’s Strange Clay.

In the Black Fantastic: Hew Locke x Nick Cave
Black and white headshots of artists Nick Cave and Hew Locke are pictured side by side on a yellow background; a graphic depicting a soundwave overlays them both
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In the Black Fantastic: Hew Locke x Nick Cave

Artists Nick Cave and Hew Locke come together in this special podcast drawing on the themes of the 2022 Hayward Gallery exhibition, In the Black Fantastic.