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Blood on the Floor – from painting to music

Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage talks about writing Blood on the Floor, premiered this week

Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage talks about writing Blood on the Floor, his new work for jazz trio and classical ensemble (inspired by a painting by Francis Bacon) which had its premiere this week. Plus, the Singapore Festival; Theatre of Dreams brings audiences' own dreams to life in New York; anexhibition celebrating 19th-century British art critic John Ruskin; and South Indian dance comes to London.

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29 minutes

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project