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Mike Garry and Carmel Smickersgill

Manchester poet Mike Garry and composer and performer Carmel Smickersgill join Elizabeth and a live audience at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge.

Manchester poet Mike Garry and composer and performer Carmel Smickersgill join Elizabeth and a live audience at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge.

A librarian for 15 years, Mike works extensively in education and has collaborated with composers Philip Glass and Joe Duddell. He performs frequently with John Cooper Clarke, and the Cassia String Quartet. His poems tonight celebrate his favourite childhood teacher Miss McCoombe, and the broadcaster, record label owner, and nightclub manager Tony Wilson.

Carmel Smickersgill studied with film composer Gary Carpenter at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and works across classical, theatre, film and electronic music. Tonight she performs tracks from her new EP We Get What We Get & We Don't Get Upset.

Producer: Ruth Thomson

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 27 Jun 2022 21:30

Music Played

  • Carmel Smickersgill

    Leaving

    Performer: Carmel Smickersgill. Performer: George Burrage. Performer: Nathan Carroll.
  • Carmel Smickersgill

    Interval

    Performer: Carmel Smickersgill. Performer: George Burrage. Performer: Nathan Carroll. Performer: Carmel Smickersgill.
  • Carmel Smickersgill

    Questioning

    Performer: Carmel Smickersgill. Performer: George Burrage. Performer: Nathan Carroll.

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Jun 2022 21:30