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The New Arts Desk Radio Show 7
Saturday, 04 October 2014
After something of a schedule disruption due to the summer festival season (although watch out for some specials recorded over that period), Peter and Joe are back refreshed, renewed and ready to... Read more... |
The New Arts Desk Radio Show 6
Saturday, 02 August 2014
Due to summer festival mayhem and a technical glitch or two, June's show is here slightly belatedly - but it's more than worth waiting for as it's an absolute beast of a two-hour spectacular. ... Read more... |
theartsdesk exclusive: Chris & Cosey Live at Sónar
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
We are very happy to present a stream of Chris & Cosey's live set recorded on the 12th June on the Red Bull Music Academy SónarDome stage at the Sónar festival in Barcelona. As the duo... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Soprano Corinne Winters
Sunday, 01 June 2014
In February 2013 Corinne Winters created an absolute sensation in her operatic European debut when Peter Konwitschny’s starkly intense staging of Verdi’s La Traviata arrived at English... Read more... |
The New Arts Desk Radio Show 5
Friday, 30 May 2014
Joe and Peter are back with another show of the exotic and out-there, with a heavy leaning towards the Lusophone this time. Music from Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde and Portugal itself features... Read more... |
The New Arts Desk Radio Show 4
Saturday, 03 May 2014
Back on the air for their best show yet, Peter and Joe are here to take you round the world, and occasionally further afield still. In the first half they focus on the groove, with Cambodian... Read more... |
The New Arts Desk Radio Show 3
Friday, 04 April 2014
Yes, Peter and Joe are back, with a humdinger of a show this time, once again recorded in the insalubrious but highly conducive surrounds of Hoxton's MeatMISSION burger bar. Their continued... Read more... |
The New Arts Desk Radio Show 2
Sunday, 09 March 2014
Welcome to the second of our new shows, brought to you in conjunction with MEATtransMISSION. In this edition, originally recorded and broadcast on Valentine's weekend, Peter Culshaw and Joe... Read more... |
The Arts Desk Radio Show Returns
Saturday, 22 February 2014
And so after a long hiatus, The Arts Desk Radio Show is back on a new platform, the fabulous MEATTransMISSION radio station out of Hoxton, and a new regular monthly slot, but the same blend of... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Violinist Linus Roth
Sunday, 16 February 2014
The Polish composer Miecyzlaw Weinberg - his Holocaust opera The Passenger caused quite a stir in David Pountney’s premiere staging - has a new champion. The talented young German... Read more... |
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