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TODAY’S RADIO
START THE WEEK 9AM, 9.30PM, RADIO 4
★★★ Since the financial crisis of 200708, house prices – after a bump or two – have gone up and up, and the very rich have got very much richer. Economist Susan Newman, an adviser for the TV series The Decade The Rich Won, explains how this happened. Before that, historian Joseph Sassoon explains how his very rich family managed to get through their immense fortune by having far too much fun.
KEN BRUCE 9.30AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★
Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal formed Tears For Fears in 1981, but split in 1991. A sit-down dinner in 2000 saw the duo getting back together and, in six months, Curt and Roland had written and recorded enough material for a
new album. Now, as everybody loves a happy ending, the two of them are live in the Maida Vale studio for a session that includes a classic, a cover and a new song.
THE CLASSIC FM CONCERT 8PM, CLASSIC FM
As listeners vote for their entries to the Classic FM Hall Of Fame 2022, John Suchet features some of last year’s favourites in this week’s shows. Tonight, he’ll be including a heartfelt performance by Nicola Benedetti of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto, an ever popular work for solo violin and orchestra.
THE ESSAY: THE WELLTEMPERED CLAVIER 10.45PM, RADIO 3
★★★★
The comedian, film-maker and writer Armando Iannucci looks at the similarities between writing comedy and writing music. As he knows from hard-won experience, it’s all down to timing and hard work. In this first of a series of talks on Bach’s music, Armando –who created the hit TV show The Thick Of It – compares the rhythms and structures of comedy with Bach’s precise craftsmanship. SJ