Re-working is the dominating thread this week, with two Shakespeare productions, Juliet and Romeo and Much Ado About Nothing with BME cast and crew, while jazz comes to Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, plus a family rave in Ely, a refreshed Cambridge Music Festival, Ely Consort and Robert Ziegler on the music of John Williams. … [Read more...]
Christmas Supplement with Tony Barnfield 26/12/2021
Cambridge Professor Sharon Peacock CBE is Tony’s guest, talking about her work on coronavirus and sequencing techniques. Tony also recalls conversations with the Rt. Rev. Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely, on the life of HRH Prince Philip, baritone Rodney Earl Clarke shares his love of musical theatre, plus music from King’s College Chapel: organist … [Read more...]
Tony Barnfield’s Sunday Supplement 19/12/2021
Alongside some of the brightest festive music tracks, Tony Barnfield recalls conversations with local singer Robin Phillips, Broadway legend Lillias White and British star Michael Crawford, plus the latest on the coronavirus pandemic from the county’s Public Health Officer Jyoti Atri. … [Read more...]
Tony Barnfield’s Sunday Supplement 12/12/2021
From Handel’s Messiah on baroque instruments to the swing sound of Down for the Count, Tony Barnfield talks to those involved in local performances – and the student doctors from Fitzwilliam who have won a General Medical Council teamwork award. Plus the ever-eclectic selection of music from past and present. … [Read more...]
Tony Barnfield’s Sunday Supplement 05/12/2021
Music, medicine and drama provide this week’s bill of fare, with Apollo5’s Clare Stewart on their new CD, Doctors Shrey Trivedi and Sarah Jarvis on the latest coronavirus developments and director Richard McNally and our own Leigh Chambers on her one-act drama premiering at the Corpus Playroom next week. … [Read more...]
Tony Barnfield’s Sunday Supplement: John Rutter
John Rutter CBE joins Tony on Advent Sunday to reflect on Christmas music-making, while Kettle’s Yard’s newly-appointed Curator of New Music Tom McKinney describes the venue’s ideal, intimate setting for modern music. Tony also congratulates our own Michelle Davey on the award-winning Let’s Talk Autism podcast she co-hosts - and are reindeer really … [Read more...]
Tony Barnfield’s Sunday Supplement 21/11/2021
Black Friday looms, with offers galore online and on the High Street: retail expert Harry Wallop tells Tony about the prospects for Christmas shopping this year, while record producer David Landau recalls the career of the late Lionel Blair. Plus St Cecilia’s Day recollections of musicians Benjamin Britten and Stephen Cleobury. … [Read more...]
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