Samuel West. Radio - Faust. Audio - Realms of Gold. Theatre - A Number. International Musicians Seminar.

• Faust
• Will be broadcast today on BBC Radio 3 [link]
• A post from the BBC Radio 3 blog [link]
• Sam participated in a discussion about the play on Night Waves earlier this week (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming) [link]
• An excerpt about Realms of Gold from an interview with Nicolas Soames, co-founder and managing director of Naxos Audiobooks:
  
  

  "Poetry: some of it is meant to be read aloud and some of it exists very much first and foremost on the page – what are the main issues with recording poetry and what recordings do you think have worked the best? [Question from Vulpes Libris]
  Nicolas: Samuel West’s Letters and Poems of John Keats is exceptional. He came into the studio at 9am, discussed the use of the dash in 19th century literature with our literary advisor/abridger/compiler Perry Keenlyside, and sat down to record. He read a letter, and put the page to one side. He looked down and saw the poem which was next. He looked up to the microphone and recited it. One take. From memory. Then he stopped and sat in silence for a bit. Then he picked up the next letter and read it. Then glanced at the title of the poem that followed, looked up at the microphone and recited it. From memory. He did this with almost every poem. And as I remember, no slips. Unforgettable. And by the way, I know Keats was a cockney, and Sam West certainly isn’t. But listen to his Keats. You will not move."

• A Number
• Some tweets from Sam about the play 1|2|3
• Sam and his father & co-star Timothy were guests on The Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman on BBC Radio 2 (tweeted by me, @spiffyjellybean earlier this week) [link]
• Sam stage managed the 10 September open chamber music concert at the International Musicians Seminar (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming) [link]