Essential Classics

09:00 - 12:00

With Sarah Walker. Including Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (excerpt).

Night Waves : Landmarks
Night Waves: Landmarks
The Night Waves series devoted to celebrating the great landmarks of culture. Chose from the list of Landmarks programmes below to listen to again. 
Listen to the Programme(Broadcast 07/06/07)
Lord of the Flies - the novel by William Golding
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 01/07/04)
The Waste Land - TS Eliot's epic poem
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 01/04/04)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison's enigmatic album
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 05/02/04)
The Guggenheim - Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 02/10/03)
Guernica - Picasso's masterpiece
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 03/06/04)
The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare's early play
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 06/05/04)
Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky's famous ballet
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 04/12/03)
The Iliad - Homer's epic poem
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 05/06/03)
The Third Man - Carol Reed's classic film
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 03/04/03)
Lightning Field - Sculpture by Walter De Maria
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 03/04/03)
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad's haunting story
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 03/04/03)
The Cherry Orchard - Chekov's last play
 Listen to the programme (Broadcast 03/04/03)
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