France and music
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
This week we're talking all about music and the guest is Bonnie Brown, an Australian concert pianist based in Paris.
We talk about everything from life with a piano in your Paris apartment, to how French pupils study classical music in France.
We also take about Bonnie's upcoming (free!) concert at the Australian embassy on June 3rd.
And at the end, we have Lina in the studio talking about the developments in the Honeymoon season 4 of the Earful Tower, the love heart scooter journey around France.
While I say "studio", I really mean Lina's Grandma's living room, so excuse us if the sound is a bit echo-y for the last few minutes.
Anyway, enjoy the episode!
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| 0:00.0 | Here, I'll tell our listeners, this week we've got Bonnie Brown, a concert pianist. |
| 0:05.0 | She's Australian like me, but she's based in Paris and she's got an exciting new concert |
| 0:09.3 | series coming up at the Australian Ambassadors Residence. |
| 0:12.3 | You're going to hear all about that, but you're also going to hear about just the topic |
| 0:15.9 | of music in France. |
| 0:17.7 | And then hang around at the end where I usually read out reviews. I've got Lena, my |
| 0:21.7 | fiance, coming back into the studio to share some exciting news and upcoming events for the honeymoon |
| 0:27.9 | season, which in case you haven't heard of it, and this is starting mid-August, 2018. We're literally |
| 0:34.3 | in a scooter doing a love heart shape around France. |
| 0:39.0 | Yeah, and there's been some exciting developments. |
| 0:40.1 | I can't wait to share with you. |
| 0:41.6 | But first, Bonnie Brown. |
| 0:43.7 | And before that, here comes a jingle. |
| 0:51.0 | One man, one country, one red scooter. |
| 0:54.1 | Here's the Earful Tower with Oliver G. Bonnie Brown. Hi. How you doing? Very well. |
| 0:58.0 | Is that an Australian accent? It is a very Australian accent. Do you think yours is stronger than mine is? |
| 1:03.6 | I don't know. It's difficult. Somebody said to me recently, why haven't you lost your accent yet? |
| 1:09.1 | Accusingly. |
| 1:09.8 | In a very accusatory way and I was like because I live in France. |
| 1:12.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.0 | Do you mean that do you like to play up on it somehow? |
| 1:16.2 | Um, I think it really depends on who I'm talking to. |
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