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When you explore the world as much as we do, you always encounter incredible people with fascinating stories to tell. Between the Bars with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra takes you behind the scenes and beyond the music through conversations with the artists and people that we meet on our journey exploring the world.

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#7 Eat, Sleep, Dream, Compose. George Benjamin.

Aug 26, 2021

Ever since he was a child, Sir George Benjamin wanted to be a composer. At only twenty years of age, his piece ‘Ringed by the Flat Horizon’ was played at the BBC Proms. Fourty years on and the MCO, under George’s baton, will present the world premiere of ‘Concerto for Orchestra’ at the same event.

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#6 Music In My Head | Paul Whittaker on Music & Deafness

Aug 5, 2021

For the next edition of Between the Bars, join host Yannick Dondelinger as he speaks with Paul Whittaker, deaf musician, performer and creative advisor of our Feel the Music education programme.

Exploring Paul's upbringing in 1960's England, this episode sheds light on a defining paradox of his life – the challenges...

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