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Music Feature Episodes

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    The Practice of Practising

    Celebrated pianist Stephen Hough reflects on a life spent practising.

  2. Singing for Britten

    John Bridcut explores Britten's creative relationship with amateur singers.

  3. Verdi 200: Verdi the Opera Director - the Composer's Other Artistic Side

    Opera scholar Susan Rutherford traces Verdi's journey from composer to 'opera director.

  4. Come Heavy Sleep

    Tom Mckinney meets guitarist Julian Bream to discuss his career on his 80th birthday.

  5. The Rite of Spring

    Stephanie Jordan traces the influence of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring on modern dance.

  6. Our Lady of Paris

    Simon Russell Beale marks Notre Dame's 850th anniversary, exploring French sacred music.

  7. Musical Deletions

    Roderick Swanston explores the stories behind musical deletions, revision and completions.

  8. Bostridge on Britten

    Tenor Ian Bostridge gives his perspective on Benjamin Britten.

  9. Sound of Cinema: Chaplin and Music

    Matthew Sweet explores Charlie Chaplin's career as composer.

  10. Tchaikovsky's 1812: A Dishonest Overture?

    James Jolly on hidden depths and historical inaccuracies in Tchaikovsky's composition.

  11. Sumptuous Was the Feast

    The story of the Royal Albert Hall performances of Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha

  12. Preparing a Piano

    Inspired by John Cage, DIY comedian/musician Rainer Hersch composes his own masterpiece.

  13. Wandering Minstrels

    The story of the orchestra who gave the first ever concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

  14. Viola: Air on a C String

    Fiona Maddocks analyses the viola, misunderstood middle child of the string family.

  15. The Exile Returned

    Bridget Kendall recalls Stravinsky's 1962 trip to Russia after almost 50 years in exile.

  16. If Chimes Could Whisper - The Strange Tale of the Glass Armonica

    Percussionist Evelyn Glennie celebrates the 250th birthday of the glass armonica.

  17. Inspired by Birds

    Tom McKinney explores how throughout history birds have inspired music.

  18. The Cellists that Time Forgot

    Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber introduces four forgotten heroes of the cello-playing world.

  19. Ballet Goes to the Music Hall

    Deborah Bull explores ballet music in late Victorian London, at the music hall theatres.

  20. The Devil in Music

    Film composer Christopher Young discovers the scare techniques in classical composition.

  21. Music at the Court of Catherine the Great

    Virginia Rounding explores the music of Catherine the Great's court and charts its legacy.

  22. The Hands of the Composer

    Iain Burnside on how hands and their use have affected Western keyboard composition.

  23. The Shorthand of Emotion

    Katie Derham on the relationship between Tolstoy and the Russian composers of his day.

  24. 50 Years of Minimalism in Music

    Richard Bernas with a critical survey of Minimalism in music, both in America and Europe.

  25. Music of the King James Bible

    Richard Coles on the influence that the Authorised Version of the Bible has had on music.

  26. The Sound That Burned: The Queen's Hall 70th Anniversary

    Andrew Green tells the story of the last days of London's celebrated Queen's Hall.

  27. A Public Right and Obligation - The Music of the New Deal

    Nicholas Hytner explores federal arts funding in Roosevelt's New Deal America.

  28. Nights in a Divided Spain

    Dermot Clinch explores Spain's music and political history in the early 20th century.

  29. Erik Satie Walks to Work

    Sarah Walker retraces French composer Erik Satie's daily walk across Paris.

  30. The Kreutzer Sonata

    Katie Derham examines Tolstoy's fraught relationship with music and musicians.

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