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Stephen Sondheim In His Own Words
- Author
- Stephen Sondheim
- Narrator
- Stephen Sondheim
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 1 July 2013
- Run Time
- 1 hour 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Stephen Sondheim was a multi award-winning American composer, whose works garnered over 60 Tony Awards, as well as an Oscar for Best Song and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive: PM, BBC Radio, 21 July 1973 (featuring Pete Myers); The Lively Arts, BBC Television, 2 January 1977 (featuring André Previn); The Levin Interviews, BBC Television, 24 May 1980 (featuring Bernard Levin); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio, 16 August 1980 (featuring Roy Plomley); Face To Face, BBC Television, 9 January 1995 (featuring Jeremy Isaacs) and Front Row, BBC Radio, 19 October 2010 (featuring Mark Lawson).
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Details
- Author
- Stephen Sondheim
- Narrator
- Stephen Sondheim
- Duration
- 1 hour 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 July 2013
- ISBN
- 9781471312724
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts, Biography: arts and entertainment, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music of film and stage
Synopsis
Stephen Sondheim is a multi award-winning American composer, whose works have garnered over 60 Tony Awards, as well as an Oscar for Best Song and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive: PM, BBC Radio, 21 July 1973 (featuring Pete Myers); The Lively Arts, BBC Television, 2 January 1977 (featuring André Previn); The Levin Interviews, BBC Television, 24 May 1980 (featuring Bernard Levin); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio, 16 August 1980 (featuring Roy Plomley); Face To Face, BBC Television, 9 January 1995 (featuring Jeremy Isaacs) and Front Row, BBC Radio, 19 October 2010 (featuring Mark Lawson).
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