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3. Robin Graham—Healing Musicians
Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.
2. Stephen Marquiss—Healing Musicians
Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.
1. Julian Lloyd Webber—Healing Musicians
Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their lives and careers after injury.
Chorus girls in Paris—Music Rediscovered
Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.
Esther Inglis's musical self portraits—Music Rediscovered
Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.
The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists—Music Rediscovered
Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.
Tudor music and politics—Music Rediscovered
Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.
Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem—Music Rediscovered
Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens
20/09/2024—Five Kinds of Amadeus
Geoffrey Colman meets Simon Callow, who first played Mozart in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.
19/09/2024—Five Kinds of Amadeus
Geoffrey Colman discovers Mark-Anthony Turnage's take on Mozart and composer rivalries.
