大象传媒

The cellist Miriam Skinner grew up in the north west, listening to Kajagoogoo. These days she plays with the 大象传媒's oldest orchestra, the 大象传媒 Philharmonic. The Phil's just celebrated its 100th birthday, having started out all those years ago as 12 musicians playing out of Station 2ZY. Impressive. But then the story of Manchester is very much that humble beginnings can bring forth riches and that applies to its music as much as its industry. Having played music around Manchester for nearly 30 years the sounds of the city are Miriam Skinner's connective tissue. And so for this musician, the city itself connects the sounds in this programme. From the Bee Gees - listen to those bass lines - to the cellist John Foulds to the music of Peter Maxwell Davies, Miriam Skinner introduces the music of the City of Dreams.