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Music Feature Episodes

  1. Dialogues of Sorrow

    Tristram Hunt explores the musical responses to the death of Prince Henry, son of James I.

  2. Sir Henry's Hoard

    Stephen Johnson explores Proms founder Henry Wood's collection of concert programmes.

  3. Scriabin: A Life in Colour

    Peggy Reynolds explores the life and music of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin.

  4. Why Do Women Die in Opera?

    Journalist Martin Kettle asks why, so often in opera, the soprano meets a gruesome end.

  5. The Fantastical World of Robert Schumann

    Lucy Parham on how literature inspired Schumann to write some of his great piano cycles.

  6. When the Opera Comes to Town

    Susan Rutherford explores the history of opera outside London.

  7. The Arch-Musician

    Catherine Bott uncovers the story of radical composer Nicola Vicentino.

  8. Who's Afraid of Hugo Wolf?

    Iain Burnside traces the life and work of lieder writer Hugo Wolf.

  9. Theodorakis - Greece's Musical Revolutionary

    Miranda Hinkley looks back on the 60-year career of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis.

  10. Lessons with Mozart

    Jeremy Summerly explores Thomas Attwood's composition lessons with Mozart.

  11. Reviving Robin

    Kathryn Stott tells the story of how Michael Tippett's Robin Hood came to be written.

  12. Hidden Composers

    Lowri Blake discusses the revival of the music of Louise Heritte-Viardot and Mel Bonis.

  13. Who Was Carlos Kleiber?

    Ivan Hewett explores the musical enigma of the conductor Carlos Kleiber.

  14. Purcell and Dryden - A Professional Friendship

    Alyn Shipton on Dryden and Purcell's collaboration on the semi-opera King Arthur.

  15. The Art of Noises

    Robert Worby examine the Art of Noises, an offshoot of the Italian Futurism movement.

  16. 25/07/2009

    Louis de Bernieres visits the museum devoted to Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia.

  17. Ode to Whitman

    Rob Cowan explores the attraction of composers to the poetry of Walt Whitman.

  18. Charles Valentin Alkan

    Piers Lane explores the life and music of French pianist/composer Charles Valentin Alkan.

  19. Dancing the Apocalypse

    Tom Service looks at the dark beauty of Ravel's masterpiece La valse.

  20. The Daffodil Maiden

    Anne Sebba tells the story of celebrated concert pianist Harriet Cohen.

  21. Giovanni's House

    Martin Handley explores the importance of Italian music publishing firm Casa Ricordi.

  22. String Theory

    Daniel Hope explores the history of the violin.

  23. 29/11/2008

    Nigel Simeone tells the story of classical music activity in Nazi-occupied Paris.

  24. Water Music

    Ian Bradley explores music composed in European spa towns such as Baden-Baden in Germany.

  25. Is This a Record?

    Normal Lebrecht with recordings by classical artists that look ill-advised in hindsight.

  26. Chopin's Scottish Swansong

    In 1848 Chopin visited Scotland. Janice Galloway and Iwo Zaluski follow his footsteps.

  27. 05/05/2007

    The story of the love affair between musicians Margaret Leng Tan and James Graseck.

  28. A Guide to Accomplishment

    Fiona Talkington presents an insight into the world of the 18th-century amateur musician.

  29. Debussy's Summer of 1912

    Lowri Blake with a programme about Debussy's work during the summer of 1912.

  30. A Portrait of Ethel Smyth

    Peggy Reynolds looks at the life and career of composer Ethel Smyth.

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