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With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Verdi: Otello.

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Twenty Minutes

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events

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    Ragtime to Riches

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    Bricklayer's son, ragtime pianist, major philanthropist: the lost story of Walter Harding.

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    1. A History of the Interval

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      Available since Mon, 30 Jan 2012.

      Paul Allen on the history of the interval, from Ancient Greece to today's concert halls.

    2. Shostakovich's Symphony No 7

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      Available since Thu, 26 Jan 2012.

      Stephen Johnson explores the symbolism of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony.

    3. A Russian Bloomsbury

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      Available since Wed, 25 Jan 2012.

      Lesley Chamberlain on the 'aesthetic Bolsheviks', a 1920s Russian artistic community.

    4. Angelology

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      Available since Fri, 30 Dec 2011.

      The Rev Lucy Winkett explores traditional images of angels.

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Tuesday, 20:15 on BBC Radio 3

Some Bloom in Darknesss

Simon Van Booy's story about love, flowers and mannequins, set in snowy Paris.

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