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Subscribe to the Barbican's weekly podcast, Nothing Concrete - here to inspire more people to discover and love the arts. Enjoy archive interviews and exclusive new series bringing you closer to our programme. 

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From the Archive: Philip Glass' Music in Twelve Parts

This week we revisit a series of interviews with musicians James McVinnie, Eliza McCarthy and Timo Andres, about the rare performance of composer Philip Glass's ‘Music In Twelve Parts’ in May 2017. A milestone in minimalist music, slowly revealing itself through hypnotic patterns of change over four hours. 

 

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From the Archive: John Cale

This week we're delving into our archive looking back to August 2014 to John Cale and Liam Young's project 'Loop 60 hz: Transmissions from the Drone Orchestra'.

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In Conversation: Toyin Ojih Odutola and Erin J. Gilbert

This week, we’ve got an inspiring conversation between Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola and her friend Erin J Gilbert, curator of Modern and Contemporary African and African American Art, where they talk about creative process and storytelling.