FT Life of a Song
316 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEach month FT music critics and contributors discuss the story of a song, from its origins and early recordings through cover versions good and bad. Formerly called FT Arts.
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The buzz business: Peter Aspden on the branding of culture
March 01, 2013 16:45 - 5 minutes - 7.74 MBLike it or not, the vibrancy of London’s art scene is due in part to the efforts of marketeers, public relations teams and great coffee shops, says the FT’s arts writer, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pop artist: Peter Aspden on Dinos Chapman’s first album
February 22, 2013 11:30 - 5 minutes - 8.03 MBWith his brother Jake, the British artist has tackled some of modernity’s grisliest themes. The FT’s arts writer finds out why he’s now trying his hand at music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Quiet, please: Peter Aspden on Kraftwerk and crucifixions
February 15, 2013 11:25 - 5 minutes - 8.01 MBThe German band’s shows at Tate Modern were wildly oversubscribed. But hot tickets and artistic pleasure don’t necessarily go hand in hand, says the FT’s arts writer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peter Aspden on Mat Collishaw and recession art
February 08, 2013 12:20 - 5 minutes - 4.63 MBThe FT's arts writer reports on Mat Collishaw's transition from conceptual shock artist to ‘proper’ draughtsman - and why, unlike revolution or virgin birth, an economic recession makes a poor subject for art Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peter Aspden on the heritage impulse
February 01, 2013 15:10 - 43 seconds - 7.21 MBWith "The Rite of Spring" in Paris and the Armory Show in New York, 1913 was a key moment for modernism. But it also marked a turning point in Britain's attitude to its past, says the FT's culture columnist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peter Aspden on Philip Glass's Walt Disney opera
January 25, 2013 16:00 - 43 seconds - 7.2 MBBased on a novel by Peter Stephan Jungk, 'The Perfect American' is the story of one of the 20th century's biggest entertainment moguls. The FT's arts writer gives his verdict on the work's premiere at the Teatro Real, Madrid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peter Aspden on David Bowie and the end of HMV
January 18, 2013 15:30 - 43 seconds - 7.86 MBThinking differently is what makes Bowie stand out in the noisy world that killed off HMV. And it will be the key skill in the disembodied cultural universe of the future, says FT arts writer Peter Aspden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
All's fair
October 02, 2012 23:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBLondon will host seven international art fairs during October, including Frieze London and Frieze Masters, and there will be three more in European cities. FT Arts editor Jan Dalley, dealer and gallerist Thomas Dane, FT Collecting columnist Georgina Adam and Stephanie Dieckvoss, director of Art 13, a new event launching in March 2013, discuss the global appetite for this kind of showcase and the dangers of “fairtigue” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Design decade
September 13, 2012 23:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBAs the 10th edition of the London Design Festival launches, designer Tom Dixon, London Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic and designer and online thinktank founder Rabih Hage discuss its impact with FT Architecture critic Edwin Heathcote For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Design decade
September 13, 2012 23:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MBAs the 10th edition of the London Design Festival launches, designer Tom Dixon, London Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic and designer and online thinktank founder Rabih Hage discuss its impact with FT architecture critic Edwin Heathcote Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Woody Guthrie remembered
September 06, 2012 23:00 - 1 minute - 15 MBIt's 100 years since the birth of Woody Guthrie, bard of the Great Depression, storyteller of genius, and huge influence on Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and the rest.Billy Bragg, whose upcoming tour plays tribute to Guthrie; Tom Paley, veteran folk musician; and Mojo journalist Colin Irwin discuss this remarkable man and his legacy with Richard Clayton, FT pop critic. With clips from Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land” and “Pretty Boy Floyd”, Billy Bragg’s “My Flying Saucer” (set to lyri...
Real to reel
August 23, 2012 23:00 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBDocumentary films are breaking UK box office records and are, arguably, having more success than ever before. As "The Queen of Versailles", one of the hits of this year's Sundance Film Festival, heads for UK cinemas, Raphael Abraham discusses the new appetite for reality with critics Nigel Andrews and Leslie Felperin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What is British music?
August 10, 2012 19:50 - 1 minute - 40.8 MBElgar, the Beatles and Dizzee Rascal have all had a starring role in London’s Olympic Games, with some astonishing scenes that told the world the story of Britain’s contribution to popular culture. But can British music continue to punch above its weight?In this special edition of the Arts Podcast, FT pop critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney is joined in the studio by Laura Battle, an FT classical music critic, Peter Aspden, the newspaper's culture columnist, and Paul Morely, radio and TV presenter a...
Religious art for atheists
July 27, 2012 16:25 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBCan art fulfill the purpose of religion in a pluralist, secular society? Can we reconcile religious dogma with individual artistic creativity?FT arts editor Jan Dalley discusses the long and sometimes fraught relationship between religion and art with Alom Shaha, physics teacher, film-maker and author of "The Young Atheist's Handbook", history painter Tom de Freston, and art critic Richard Cork.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What's the legacy of the Cultural Olympiad?
July 06, 2012 15:10 - 39 minutes - 10.8 MBThe Cultural Olympiad spans four years and encompasses more than 500 events – culminating with the current London 2012 Festival. This unprecedented artistic marathon has cost a reported £97m – but is it worth it?Jan Dalley puts this question to Sarah Weir of the Legacy List, a post-Olympic charity for arts, culture, education and skills; William Sieghart, founder of the National Poetry Day and of Winning Words, a national project to incorporate poetry in the games; and Peter Aspden, FT arts w...
Spoken word: the rise of performance poetry
July 03, 2012 23:00 - 1 minute - 13.2 MBSpoken word is a form of poetry usually written to be performed in front of an audience, and often associated with hip hop culture. In recent years its popularity has soared in the UK – and now, as part of the London Literature Festival, the Southbank Centre is hosting the final of “Shake the Dust”, a national poetry slam for teenagers.So, what’s the difference between “page” and “stage” poetry? Does spoken word have a political bent? And can poets hope to change anything? Jan Dalley puts the...
Interview with playwright Simon Stephens
June 22, 2012 08:00 - 21 minutes - 10.9 MBThe Olivier award-winning playwright Simon Stephens is often drawn to dark subjects. “Pornography” tackled the 2005 London bombings; “Punk Rock” depicted violence at an English private school; and his controversial recent play “Three Kingdoms” shed light on the European sex trade. Now, Stephens’ adaptations of two classics – one old, one new – are about to open in London: a rewriting of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and a dramatisation of Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Ni...
Whatever happened to Britpop?
June 15, 2012 08:00 - 22 minutes - 11.7 MBForget “London 2012”, this summer it’s all about the 1990s – with the Stone Roses reunion gigs, Suede headlining the Hop Farm festival, and Blur playing the Olympics closing ceremony gig.As 40-something fans relive the glory days of “Cool Britannia”, FT pop critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney looks back at the renaissance of British rock 20 years ago, and asks – was it all it was it cracked up to be? And what is its legacy? He is joined in the studio by Richard Clayton and David Cheal.Featuring musi...
The Great Gatsby now
June 01, 2012 16:46 - 1 minute - 12 MBIn 1926, LP Hartley called The Great Gatsby “an absurd story”. Now, it is hard to imagine that F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel was ever considered less than a masterpiece. And it seems particularly popular in our recessionary times – with the remarkable eight-hour play Gatz having had rave reviews in York, and now about to open in London; and Baz Luhrmann’s film version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan released later this year.Jan Dalley talks Gatsby mania with Sarah Churchwell, ...
Who's afraid of Pina Bausch?
May 25, 2012 16:44 - 13 minutes - 6.85 MBThe late choreographer and high priestess of Tanztheater Pina Bausch once said she was not interested in how people move but in what moves them.As part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the Barbican Centre and Sadler’s Wells will stage Bausch's 10 Cities.Peter Aspden talks to Alistair Spalding, artistic director of Sadler’s Wells and a friend of Bausch, and to FT dance critic Clement Crisp, who “owns to a mistrust of Tanztheater, or dance-theatre, or Euro-tedium – call it what you will.”P...
Rappers and reality: has hip hop lost touch with its roots?
May 17, 2012 23:01 - 16 minutes - 8.39 MBHip hop may have started in the Bronx, but today’s rappers are millionaires with business empires that extend way beyond music. Ahead of Jay Z and Kanye West's European tour of their joint album Watch The Throne, Raphael Abraham talks to FT critics Ludovic Hunter-Tilney and Richard Clayton about the evolution and future of rap.With clips from The Sugarhill Gang, Jay Z and Kanye West, Evidence and DJ Shadow.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Writing Britain: how landscape shapes art and literature
May 11, 2012 16:17 - 23 minutes - 12.2 MBFrom Dickens’ London to Wordsworth’s Lakes via the painter George Shaw’s suburban “edgelands”, the British landscape has long permeated writing and visual art. On the opening of the British Library’s exhibition Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands, Jan Dalley talks to the poet Owen Sheers; the exhibition’s curator Jamie Andrews; and FT art critic Jackie Wullschlager. The travel writer Robert Macfarlane is on the line. Plus, Faber's 1998 recording of Harold Pinter reading his poem “Josep...
The Bauhaus revisited
May 03, 2012 23:00 - 1 minute - 9.29 MBIn 1919 Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany "to create the new structure of the future". Its teaching combined fine art with craft, and its adherents saw design as the key to a better way of life. Were its utopian aims misguided? What is its relevance today?On the opening of a major exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London, Neville Hawcock puts these questions to Lydia Yee, co-curator of the show; Edwin Heathcote, FT architecture critic; and Peter Aspden, FT arts w...
Shakespeare: lost in translation?
April 20, 2012 17:10 - 1 minute - 10.8 MBNelson Mandela once said, “Somehow, Shakespeare always seems to have something to say to us.” This year, the bard is saying it in 37 languages. Globe to Globe, a six-week festival starting on April 21 at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, presents all 37 of Shakespeare's plays, each by a different international theatre company.But what is lost in translation? Can other countries really do Shakespeare better than Britain? And how do the plays relate to the world today?Jan Dalley is joined by Domin...
British design, then and now
March 29, 2012 16:27 - 17 minutes - 8.79 MBAhead of the Victoria and Albert museum’s new exhibition 'British Design 1948-2012', Jan Dalley asks: can great design build a better society? Can Britain be called a leader in the field when its manufacturing industry is all but dead? And are we doing enough to foster a new generation of artists and designers?She is joined by the furniture designer Matthew Hilton, co-curator of the V&A show Christopher Breward, and FT arts writer Peter Aspden.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Aca...
Madonna: still the Queen of Pop?
March 26, 2012 13:00 - 1 minute - 9.07 MBShe's the most successful female recording artist ever – and now, 30 years after her first single, Madonna has released her twelfth album, 'MDNA'. It's already caused a stir, with the video for the opening track 'Girl Gone Wild' banned on YouTube for being 'too raunchy'.But is she still good? What's more important: Madonna the brand or the artist? And, at 53, should she really be wearing those hot pants? Neville Hawcock puts these questions to FT writers Lucy Kellaway, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney a...
Bright Young Playwrights
March 23, 2012 11:18 - 1 minute - 9.93 MBWe’ve heard a lot about the new generation of British playwrights – but how much of it is hype? Does age matter in writing? And who are the names to look out for? Jan Dalley is joined by young writer Bola Agbaje, whose first play ‘Gone Too Far’ won an Olivier Award; Steven Atkinson, artistic director of the HighTide Festival for new writing; and Sarah Hemming, FT theatre critic.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How contemporary classical music got cool
March 08, 2012 18:18 - 1 minute - 10.4 MBEver been to a classical club night or an opera in a warehouse? This week on the arts podcast Jan Dalley talks to her guests about how people consume classical music today. She is joined by Gabriel Prokofiev, composer, DJ and grandson of the Russian composer Sergei; Frederic Wake-Walker, artistic director of pioneering company The Opera Group; and FT writer Laura Battle. With clips from Gabriel Prokofiev's 'Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra', and Elena Langer's 'The Lion's Face', commissi...
Louis de Bernières on how to film a book
February 20, 2012 19:10 - 20 minutes - 10.5 MBJan Dalley is joined by Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, the playwright Mike Packer, and journalist Carl Wilkinson to discuss literary adaptations. At the Oscars this month, six of the nine movies up for Best Picture are based on books – and the film version of de Bernières’ novel Red Dog is released in the UK on February 24. Why are adaptations so popular? Are filmmakers and investors just playing it safe in uncertain times? And how does it feel to see your novel – o...
Bollywood now
February 13, 2012 00:00 - 19 minutes - 9.82 MBThe Indian film industry is famously prolific, turning out hundreds of movies of year. Some of these are "masala movies" – made to appeal to all ages, with plenty of melodrama and musical numbers – but others are very different. Like the rest of India, Bollywood is changing fast.Jan Dalley is joined by Rachel Dwyer, Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at SOAS, and Prakash Bakrania, who distributes Hindi films in the UK for Reliance Entertainment. She asks them: is Bollywood escapist? Is i...
Leonard Cohen and Paul McCartney: is there life in the old dogs yet?
February 07, 2012 16:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBThe arts podcast reviews new albums by two of the most venerable singer-songwriters around: Leonard Cohen's "Old Ideas" and Paul McCartney's "Kisses on the Bottom". Have they still got it? Does their latest work speak to modern times? And just what are we to make of Macca's album title? Neville Hawcock is joined in the studio by Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, FT pop critic, Peter Aspden, FT arts writer, and Gautam Malkani, FT writer and novelist.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. S...
Death of the pop critic?
January 13, 2012 19:13 - 1 minute - 22.5 MBAs the winners of the BBC’s Sound of 2012 poll are announced, FT deputy arts editor Neville Hawcock asks three of the judges: who are the real “tastemakers”? What’s more important nowadays, a rave review or hits on YouTube? And how do unsigned artists make it? He is joined in the studio by FT pop critics Ludovic Hunter-Tilney and Richard Clayton, and NME assistant reviews editor and blogger Laura Snapes; music clips from Sound of 2012 winner Michael Kiwanuka, as well as Context, Emeli Sandé a...
Woody Allen redux?
January 10, 2012 17:49 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBThe British Film Institute has just launched a season of Woody Allen comedies, ranging from his knockabout beginnings to the recent Midnight in Paris, his biggest commercial success to date.Like Match Point (2005) and Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008), Midnight in Paris was hailed as a “return to form” by some – but has he really still got it? How does his recent output compare to the earlier films? And do those classics still resonate today?Raphael Abraham is joined in the studio by Geoff And...
'Mile 54' by Amy Waldman
December 30, 2011 22:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBAuthor Amy Waldman reads her short story set in Afghanistan 'Mile 54', commissioned by the Financial Times for the new year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Margin Call and the financial thriller
December 16, 2011 16:24 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBMargin Call, the latest in a line of films on the crash of 2008, depicts a Wall Street investment bank’s last ditch attempts to save itself from impending disaster. Written and directed by first time feature director J.C.Chandor – and starring Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore and Jeremy Irons – The New Yorker called it “the best Wall Street movie ever made”.It’s been marketed as a thriller – but how do you create excitement when the action consists of men in suits peering at computer screens and talk...
Interactive theatre and the role of the audience
December 09, 2011 18:43 - 1 minute - 17 MBFrom shouts of “he’s behind you” at a Christmas pantomime to truly “immersive” productions in which audience members shape the action, audience participation is rife. The radical Belgian theatre company Ontroerend Goed – known for shows that test theatrical as well as moral boundaries – are now staging their latest play, Audience, at London’s Soho Theatre.Sarah Hemming, FT theatre critic, talks to Matthieu Sys, an actor in Audience, Neville Hawcock, the FT’s deputy arts editor, and the critic...
Enough Hamlet?
November 18, 2011 18:13 - 2 minutes - 12.2 MBLondon has seen many Hamlets in recent years - David Tennant, Jude Law and Rory Kinnear to name but a few. And now Michael Sheen take the prized role in the Young Vic's new production.Jan Dalley talks to actor Simon Russell Beale, David Lan, artistic director of the Young Vic, and Sarah Hemming, theatre critic for the FT, about the enduring appeal of the troubled Dane.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Postmodernism: what's not to like?
September 20, 2011 11:50 - 2 minutes - 7.32 MBPostmodernism defined itself against the stifling clarity and seriousness Modernism. It put style before drab functionality. It embraced pop culture and garish colour. But it got a bad rep. “PoMo” was called vacuous and kitsch, and in the 1980s it became associated with corporate culture and consumerism. Now this controversial cultural movement is the subject of a major exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert museum, "Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–1990".Neville Hawcock talks to ...
Ken Loach on political filmmaking
September 06, 2011 17:15 - 2 minutes - 11 MBOn the occasion of his British Film Institute retrospective, Ken Loach, the acclaimed director of films such as Kes, Land and Freedom and the Cannes Palme d’Or winning The Wind that Shakes the Barley, talks about the state of political filmmaking. He is in the studio with Raphael Abraham, Peter Aspden and Lucian Robinson.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The late, great Amy Winehouse
July 29, 2011 16:15 - 2 minutes - 9.11 MBThe Arts Podcast remembers Amy Winehouse, the brilliant but troubled British singer who died tragically, at just 27, on July 23. Jan Dalley talks to FT pop critics Ludovic Hunter-Tilney and Richard Clayton about her musical roots and unique appeal; how her increasingly wild lifestyle influenced her songs; and her legacy – what was her impact and who are her successors?Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is this a golden age for children’s theatre?
July 19, 2011 15:20 - 20 minutes - 9.32 MBWar Horse has just won five Tony Awards; last year the RSC put on an acclaimed production of Matilda; and now Punchdrunk are staging their first show for children, The Crash of the Elysium.Is children’s theatre on the up – or is it still the poor relation of “proper” theatre? Where is the new writing among the successful adaptations? And what are the best shows on in Britain this summer holiday?Jan Dalley puts these questions to Tony Graham, artistic director of London’s Unicorn Theatre, Sara...
Edinburgh Festival 2011 Preview
July 15, 2011 16:49 - 20 minutes - 9.34 MBThe Edinburgh Festival – the world’s largest arts festival – is really a collection of different festivals that take place across the Scottish capital every year throughout the month of August.There is the stately International Festival and the so-called “Fringe” festival – a more unruly, sprawling affair with a reputation for experimental theatre and bawdy stand-up. There’s also an acclaimed Book Festival, as well as an Art Festival and even a Festival of Spirituality and Peace.Jan Dalley, F...
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life
July 07, 2011 16:45 - 17 minutes - 8.08 MBIt premiered at Cannes to cheers and boos, and went on to win the Palm D’Or. Some called it a masterpiece; others dismissed it as overblown nonsense. But what’s so divisive about Terrence Malick’s ambitious new film? It’s a coming-of-age story set in 1950s Texas but it also has long sequences that explore the natural world and the origins of the universe. Does it work? And is its strong religious strain likely to turn off non-believers?Raphael Abraham is joined in the studio by Nick James, ed...
Pop festivals, retromania and the iCloud
June 12, 2011 16:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBWhat's happening in the world of pop? FT critics Ludovic Hunter-Tilney and Richard Clayton join Neville Hawcock in the studio to look forward to this summer's pop festivals - and to ask whether pop itself has become too backward-looking, as Simon Reynolds argues in his new book Retromania. Are we really addicted to the past? And are YouTube and now the Apple iCloud part of this trend? Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Venice Biennale preview
May 25, 2011 15:02 - 12 minutes - 5.64 MBEstablished in 1895, the Venice Biennale has been called anachronistic - with its focus on separate national pavilions despite the international nature of today's art market. Is it an outdated model? If so, why are more countries than ever taking part this year?It is a series of exhibitions not an art fair - yet Venice has long been a centre of trade. Just how commercial is its Biennale?Jan Dalley puts these questions to Jackie Wullschlager and Peter Aspden, and picks some highlights ahead of...
Venice Biennale preview
May 25, 2011 15:02 - 12 minutes - 5.64 MBEstablished in 1895, the Venice Biennale has been called anachronistic - with its focus on separate national pavilions despite the international nature of today's art market. Is it an outdated model? If so, why are more countries than ever taking part this year? It is a series of exhibitions not an art fair - yet Venice has long been a centre of trade. Just how commercial is its Biennale? Jan Dalley puts these questions to Jackie Wullschlager and Peter Aspden, and picks some highlights ahea...
3D or not 3D?
April 01, 2011 14:46 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThis year 3D films look set to be bigger and more expensive than ever - with Werner Herzog's Cave for Forgotten Dreams just out in the UK, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean installment on its way, and offerings from Spielberg and Scorsese. But has the novelty worn off? Neville Hawcock, deputy arts editor, puts the question to Peter Buckingham of the BFI and Nigel Andrews, FT film critic.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Musicals: serious art or just plain silly?
March 01, 2011 15:45 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBThere are a lot of musicals moving into London's West End right now – including "Shoes", "Million Dollar Quartet", "Betty Blue Eyes" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" - and rumbling in the background is the hoo-ha in New York over "Spiderman". What is the enduring appeal of the musical? Is it more diverse than its critics imagine? And, are musicals a good thing for the theatrical landscape? Jan Dalley talks to Jamie Lloyd, director of the Donmar's "Spelling Bee", and FT theatre...
Oscars 2011 preview
February 25, 2011 15:35 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBWill Colin Firth take the Oscar for best performance? Will The Social Network win best film? Is awards season trend-spotting a dangerous game? And, what makes an Oscar-winning film?On the eve of the 83rd Academy Awards, Jan Dalley, FT arts editor, puts these questions and others to FT film critics Nigel Andrews and Leo Robson.Produced by Griselda Murray Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Anna Nicole: the opera
February 18, 2011 18:10 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBDoes bad language have a place in the opera house? Is the life of a stripper turned reality TV star a suitable subject for operatic treatment? And, can opera find a viable way of reflecting culture today?The day after the premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's "Anna Nicole" at Covent Garden, Andrew Clark, FT classical music critic, puts these questions to Gina Thomas, UK cultural correspondent of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Laura Battle, FT staff writer and critic.Produced by Griselda...