LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

The night is young

Genre

Interview

TX Date

3 May 1988

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:32:22

Description

Gill Pyrah interviews guest, flautist James Galway, about his career. He chooses his favourite music (edited out) and talks about the musicians including Luciano Pavarotti; on time spent with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; background in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and his family life; an accident where he broke both legs leading to success in the pop charts; being a solo flautist. Broadcast on The Night is Young (After Eight). In four parts.

Contributors

Gill Pyrah; James Galway

Keywords

Musicians; Music; Northern Ireland; Popular music; Classical music; Belfast; James Galway; Flautists; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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