JoAnn Falletta leads the Ulster Orchestra in Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. 
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TURNER PRIZE
The 2008 winner of the Turner Prize will be announced this evening. The shortlist of artists is made up of Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes. Rachel Campbell-Johnston from The Times will telephone the news to the programme.
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TILDA SWINTON
Tilda Swinton is one of the most arresting and maverick figures in contemporary cinema. She has gone from being a darling of the arthouse scene and muse to Derek Jarman, to Oscar-winning Hollywood star. Recently she stole the limelight in Michael Clayton and Burn After Reading, and this month two more of her films will be hitting our screens – Bela Tarr’s The Man From London and Julia directed by Erick Zonca. Matthew Sweet assesses her career with the critic Muriel Zagha.
Tilda Swinton on IMDb
Julia is released in selected cinemas across the UK on 5 December.
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DYLAN THOMAS: THE ART OF CONVERSATION
Recently discovered at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, this play was written by Thomas more than 60 years ago, when he was writing radio talks and features for the BBC.
More on The Art Of Conversation from the Radio 4 website.
Piers Plowright, veteran radio producer, and Dr Daniel Williams, Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director, Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales, Swansea University, review this Dylan Thomas wartime propaganda piece.
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ART SPIEGELMAN
And to round things off Matthew will be exploring the extraordinary world of Art Spiegelman. The creator of Maus has given Night Waves a rare extended interview embracing his early days in the comics revolution of the Sixties and more current preoccupations such as the attack on the World Trade Center and the likely impact of Barack Obama as America’s new president.
Art Spiegelman on Wikipedia
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began are published by Penguin Books Ltd.
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