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BBC Proms

2014

Of One Mind - A Murmuration of Starlings

David Bramwell captures the sounds of murmurating starlings near Glastonbury.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

An Introduction to Der Rosenkavalier

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Hugo Shirley for an introduction to Der Rosenkavalier.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

An Introduction to Janacek's Glagolitic Mass

Jan Smaczny tells Andrew McGregor about Janacek's Glagolitic Mass and its influences.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Bach's St John Passion

Ian Skelly talks to Giles Fraser and James Gilchrist about Bach's St John Passion.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Sacred and Secular Traditions in French Music

A discussion of the sacred and secular traditions in French music.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Istanbul

Petroc Trelawny considers Turkish culture and Western classical music's place within it.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Mahler's Fifth Symphony

Christopher Cook and Julian Johnson discuss Mahler's Fifth Symphony.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Strauss and the Voice

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Graham Johnson explore Strauss's relationship with the human voice.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Mozart's Requiem

Martin Handley and Roderick Swanston discuss Mozart's final years and his Requiem.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

The British Symphony

Martin Handley and Bruce Wood delve into the history of the British symphony.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Saint-Saëns and Franck

Christopher Cook and guests explore the unknown sides of Saint-Saens and Franck.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Beethoven's Eroica Symphony

Christopher Cook and guests discuss Beethoven's Third Symphony and the French Revolution.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Sibelius's Love of Nature

Martin Handley with Daniel Grimley and Simon Shaw-Miller on Sibelius's love of nature.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Vaughan Williams: Job - A Masque for Dancing

Tom Service with Ceri Owen and Jonathan Downing on Vaughan Williams's ballet Job.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Viennese Culture During the Lives of Schubert and Mahler

Christopher Cook and Harry Eyres explore cultural life in Schubert and Mahler's Vienna.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Rachmaninov's The Bells

Tom Service and David Huckvale explore Rachmaninov's setting of Poe's poem The Bells.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Global Orchestras: Czech Republic

Trelawny presents an exploration of the cultural situation in the Czech Republic.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Global Orchestras: Hungary

Petroc Trelawny presents an exploration of the cultural situation in Hungary.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Brahms and German Music

Laura Tunbridge and Nicholas Baragwanath on Brahms and German tradition, with Ian Skelly.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Global Orchestras: South Korea

Petroc Trelawny explores the cultural situation in South Korea.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Strauss's Salome

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by opera journalist Hugo Shirley to discuss Strauss's Salome.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Strauss's Elektra

Hugo Shirley presents an introduction to Strauss's opera Elektra.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Respighi's Roman Triptych

Ian Skelly and Benjamin Earle on Respighi's three Rome-inspired orchestral showpieces.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

The Cultural Scene in Singapore

Petroc Trelawny and writer Simon Calder explore the cultural situation in Singapore.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Sir Roger Norrington

Eminent conductor Sir Roger Norrington talks to Tom Service about his life and career.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

The Saxophone and Adolphe Sax

Andrew McGregor talks about the saxophone and its creator, Adophe Sax.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Bach's St Matthew Passion

Director Peter Sellars talks about his semi-staged production of Bach's St Matthew Passion

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Cleveland Orchestra

Tom Service hears from members of the Cleveland Orchestra about their lives and work.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

David Horne

Composer David Horne in conversation Andrew McGregor.

• 45 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Sally Beamish

Sally Beamish discusses her music with Andrew McGregor and introduces her chamber works.

• 60 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

To mark his 80th birthday, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Andrew McGregor.

• 45 mins

BBC Proms

2014

10/09/2014

Composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle introduces performances of some of his chamber works.

• 45 mins

BBC Proms

2014

What Is Chinese Culture Today?

Rana Mitter is joined by novelist Xiaolu Guo to discuss the culture of China today.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Responses to War: Owen Sheers and Pat Barker

Prize-winning writer Pat Barker and poet Owen Sheers discuss artists' responses to war.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Tavener and Literature

Michael Symmons Roberts and Richard Coles on the literature which inspired John Tavener.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

The Taming of the Shrew

Janet Suzman and Alexandra Gilbreath discuss The Taming of the Shrew and sexual politics.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Craig Raine

Poet Craig Raine discusses ways in which writers adopt a 'magpie' approach to language.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Tony Harrison

Poet and playwright Tony Harrison discusses his work over the last 50 years.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Dylan Thomas Centenary

Poet Gillian Clarke and artist Peter Blake celebrate the centenary of Dylan Thomas's birth

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Gavin Maxwell

Nature writers Miriam Darlington and Horatio Clare discuss Scottish author Gavin Maxwell.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

WWI's 'Lost Generation'

Writers Helen Dunmore and Simon Heffer discuss the idea of WWI's 'Lost Generation'.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Melbourne's Cultural Heritage

Carmen Callil and Helen Fitzgerald discuss Melbourne's cultural heritage.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Wilfred Owen

Poets Fred d'Aguiar and Michael Longley discuss the work of WWI writer Wilfred Owen.

• 35 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Icelandic Culture

Eleanor Rosamond Barraclough joins novelist Joanna Kavenna to discuss Icelandic culture.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Martin Amis

Author Martin Amis discusses his novel The Zone of Interest.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Philip Larkin and The Whitsun Weddings

Andrew Motion and Kate Clanchy discuss Philip Larkin and his work The Whitsun Weddings.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Robert Frost

Writer Matthew Hollis and biographer Jay Parini discuss the American poet Robert Frost.

• 20 mins

BBC Proms

2014

Proms Poetry Competition

Daljit Nagra and Ian McMillan with the winning entries in 2014's Proms Poetry Competition.

• 20 mins

Radio 3 in Concert

Bartók Plus from LSO St Luke's in London

The Vertavo Quartet play Bartok's last String Quartets with Dvorak's 'American' Quartet.

• 148 mins

Late Junction

A Checklist for the Uncharted

Verity plays the obscure, unpronounceable and genre-free from the Nurse with Wound list.

• 120 mins

Through the Night

Swansong for Strauss

John Wilson conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. With Jonathan Swain.

• 360 mins

Breakfast

Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Classical music for breakfast time plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.

• 120 mins

Record Review

Andrew McGregor with Mahan Esfahani and Natasha Loges

New recordings with Andrew McGregor plus Building a Library on Verdi's opera La Traviata.

• 167 mins