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Mar 2024
42m 36s

Norah Jones performs, Sir Ian McKellen o...

Bbc Radio 4
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Norah Jones discusses her new album, Visions, and reflects on the song, Come Away With Me, that made her name along with a special performance in the Front Row studio; Sir Ian McKellen and theatre director Robert Icke on tackling one of Shakespeare's greatest characters, Falstaff, in their new production Player Kings; and Keisha Thompson on how her year as artist-in-residence at Yorkshire Sculpture Park led to her creation of "sculpted poetry" in her new collection, Dé-rive.

Presenter: Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu

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