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Tom interviews Mark Simpson about ‘Pleasure’ and its relationship with his other output written in collaboration with -or inspired by – the work of poet Melanie Challenger, like the critically-acclaimed oratorio ‘The Immortal’ and the tone-poem ‘A mirror-fragment’. Mark discusses how his life and his creative inspiration have changed since winning both ´óÏó´«Ã½ Young Musician of the Year and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Young Composer of the Year in 2006, about subsequently living in Berlin, London and his native Liverpool, and about juggling life as a composer and clarinettist. Mark’s currently the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic’s Composer in Association.

Broadcast April 2016.