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Composer of the Week - Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1750/51)
Episode 1Donald Macleod examines the few known facts of Albinoni's life.
Composer of the Week - Opera-Comique
Episode 5Donald Macleod explores Opera-Comique on the cusp of the 20th century.
Composer of the Week - Opera-Comique
Episode 4Donald Macleod examines the impact of the Theatre-Lyrique, a rival to the Opera-Comique.
Composer of the Week - Opera-Comique
Episode 3Donald Macleod and Karen Henson explore the influence of Napoleon on Opera-Comique.
Composer of the Week - Opera-Comique
Episode 2Donald Macleod and Karen Henson on Opera-Comique's roots in the 18th century.
Discovering Music
Martinu: Piano Concerto No 2Stephen Johnson on Martinu's Piano Concerto No 2 and Three Inventions for Orchestra.
The Early Music Show
Instrumental to the BaroqueCatherine Bott chairs a talk about the past, present and future of period performance.
The Early Music Show
Giovanni CroceRobert Hollingworth explores the life and work of Venetian composer Giovanni Croce.
The Essay - Loving the Raven
1. The Regency ParrotAndrew Taylor explores Poe's childhood in England and the inspiration behind his own novel
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Smith/Hume - Part 5Simon Blackburn assesses David Hume's revolutionary Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Smith/Hume - Part 4Simon Blackburn on Hume's originality of thought and influence on thinkers such as Darwin.
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Smith/Hume - Part 3Vince Cable MP wonders what Adam Smith would make of today's global financial crisis.
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Smith/Hume - Part 2James Buchan looks back at the great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment.
In Tune
07/12/2009 John Fulljames, Kathryn Stott, Graham Fit...With Sean Rafferty. Jonathan Dove's opera The Enchanted Pig, plus pianist Kathryn Stott.
In Tune
Friday - Sean RaffertySean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
In Tune
03/12/2009 Leif Ove Andsnes, Thomas Carroll, Llyr Wi...Presented by Sean Rafferty. With celebrated pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
In Tune
02/12/2009 Soile Isokoski, Lucy Crowe, Philippe Graf...With Sean Rafferty. Der Rosenkavalier at Covent Garden and violinist Philippe Graffin.
In Tune
01/12/2009 Roger Norrington, Anne Schwanewilms, Tors...Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conductor Roger Norrington and soprano Anne Schwanewilms.
Night Waves
Russian Art/Where the Wild Things AreAnne McElvoy talks to critic Andrew Graham-Dixon about the history of Russian art.
Night Waves
Richard LinklaterPhilip Dodd talks to director Richard Linklater about his film Me and Orson Welles.
Night Waves
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofMatthew Sweet reviews an all-star version of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Night Waves - Free Thinking 2009
Free Thinking - The Future of MenA debate at the 2009 Free Thinking festival asking what sort of future lies ahead for men.
Sunday Feature
Exploring Our Amazement: Poetry and Its AudienceJulian May investigates the changing relationship between poetry and its audience.
Twenty Minutes
The Courtship of Mr LyonAngela Carter's retelling of the classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast.
Twenty Minutes
The Imperial Mathematician and the MoonAndrew Brown on astronomer Johannes Kepler's science fiction novella Somnium: The Dream.
The Verb
Ian Martin/Arto Vaun/School of Night/Margaret TaitIan McMillan's word cabaret features poet Arto Vaun and improvisation by School of Night.
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