Tasmin Little is giving her recordings away!

For the exercise below, you need first to read the passage below and then see if you can supply the phrases to fill in the gaps. It is not an exact transcript, so you need to deduce what is required in the context, using what you hear.

The opening few bars of music which you hear are from ‘Dance‘ …………………. ……¹ George Lloyd and …………………….. ……….. ² the violinist Tasmin Little, who is one of the …….. …………….. ……………… …… ³ Britain. She is taking her lead from the rock group Radiohead by offering her new album entitled ‘………….. ………….. …………..’ ⁴ ………….. …….. ……………. ⁵ .
She has a plan to take her CD on tour around the country; she has had what she describes as a …………….., ………….. ⁶ wacky idea to hire a tepee and go around the country ………………. ………… ………………. …………….. ….. ⁷ classical music who might …………………. ⁸ never think about it.
Part of her plan is to release it ….. …….. ……….. …………………….. ⁹ which should be available on Monday the 14th (January) and will comprise 3 pieces which are ………….. ………………… ………….. …………. …………..¹⁰.
The main difference between Tasmin Little’s CD and most other CDs is that it concentrates on the violin (as an instrument) rather than on …….. ………………… ………………. ¹¹. Ms Little explains that if you know you like a certain composer such as Bach or Mozart, you can buy a CD from a shop, and there’s no problem, but that unfortunately, if you have no idea what you like and you buy it, then put on one track and think ‘oh dear, ………….. ………….. ………….. ……….. …….. ^{12 ‘}, then that’s it, ………….. …….. …….. ¹³.
Tasmin Little says that the violin is ………….. …….. ………………. ……………… ¹⁴, and it has had ………….. ………….. …….. ……………….. …………..¹⁵ written for it. In her download the violin will be the ………….. ………….. ……… …………………¹⁶ and …….. ………….. ………….. …………….. ¹⁷ she will show people how different it can sound according to which composer wrote for it.
When Radiohead released their download they didn’t charge people ‘……. …………..’. ¹⁸, people could pay what they thought the CD was worth.
With classical music Tasmin considers there is enough perception of a barrier still for it to be necessary to remove ………….. ………….. …………….. ¹⁹. She believes that then there will then be firmly no excuse other than having a closed mind for not listening to this sort of music , that it may be that people ………….. ……….. ………….. ²⁰ or because they don’t have an open mind, but this opportunity will mean there is no other reason not to have access to classical music.
For a long time people have fired criticism at classical musicians for being inaccessible or …………………… ………….. ²¹. She has ………….. ……………… …….. ………….. ²² and she wants to show people classical musicians don’t want to be inaccessible, they want people to listen and enjoy it, ……………… ………….. …….. ………….. ²³ ?
This is going to be her ………….. ……….. ……………….. …….. …… ……….. ²⁴ .
How is she going to ………….. …. ………… ….. ………….. ….. …. …..? ²⁵

(The answer is – she isn’t! That’s not the point!)

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