Arena Monday 30 November 2020
On Thursday's Arena with Seán Rocks, Pulitzer prize-winning author Mark Stevens on his new biopgraphy of Francis Bacon with Annalyn Swan, film reviews And Music for Galway.
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Daily arts and popular culture show.
The Story of Mank
Paul Whitington joins Seán in studio to discuss Mank, a new film from David Fincher which focuses on Herman Mankiewicz, the carousing Hollywood screenwriter who along with Orson Wells composed the script for Citizen Kane.
Handel's?Messiah at the National Concert Hall
Peter Whelan, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Soprano, Sarah Power join the programme ahead of their performance of Handel's Messiah at the National Concert Hall on Thursday.
County Lines
Director Henry Blake on his debut feature film that is a coming-of-age story about a young mother and her 14-year old son who has been groomed into drug dealing.
Music Played on the Show
Lifetime
Romy
3:17
Rejoice Greatly -- The Messiah
Jeanine De Bique
3:30
Hallelujah Chorus
Dunedin Consort
2:55
For Onto Us A Child Is Born
Ambrosian Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras
3:00
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Presenter: Seán Rocks