Commissioning Brief - BBC
Commissioning Brief - BBC
Commissioning Brief - BBC
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‣ PRESENTER-LED GENRE SERIES continued<br />
Nitin Sawhney<br />
Over the four part series we heard music from amongst others - soul legend Terry Callier, Pakistan’s<br />
Abida Parveen;, Chet Baker, dub producer LV, Astrud Gilberto, Bristol's Massive Attack, Spain's<br />
Tomatito, Turkey's Omar Faruk, Germany's Jazzanova and Afrobeat ensemble Kokolo Afrobeat<br />
Orchestra.<br />
Barry Manilow<br />
Barry Manilow returned to Radio 2 for a second ten-part series – this time Barry celebrated the lives<br />
and works of the great songwriters.<br />
Across the ten weeks, Barry brought his unique insight and presentation to profile songwriters that<br />
have shaped the direction of, and set the bar in, music composition.<br />
Barry’s profiles celebrated the work of the Jerome Kern - Cole Porter, the wealthy playboy who<br />
wrote wonderful music - the prolific yet little-known American composer Harry Warren - two<br />
extraordinary songwriters … Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz - a musical colossus who wrote an<br />
unimaginable number of hit songs over a 40 year period with numerous composers and did it<br />
without any formal musical training… Johnny Mercer - Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, two<br />
legendary writers of musical theatre whose work includes Camelot, Brigadoon and My Fair Lady -<br />
the man with 23 Oscar nominations, Sammy Cahn - British songwriters Leslie Bricusse and Anthony<br />
Newley - Burt Bacharach and Hal David - Holland, Dozier and Holland, one of the greatest pop<br />
songwriting teams of all time.<br />
Continued…<br />
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