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Back up to: 2010
Matthew Sweet on the Edwardian cultural landscape in 1910.
Anne McElvoy is ed by novelist Philip Kerr to discuss writing inspired by Berlin.
Ian McMillan is ed by Jo Shapcott and David Harsent to explore poetry about music.
Ian McMillan is ed by Anne Fine and Margaret Rustin to discuss Hansel and Gretel.
Rana Mitter examines Czech genius, from Kafka and Capek to Hrabal and beyond.
Rana Mitter and guests discuss Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy.
of the Minnesota Orchestra discuss the vibrant musical life in their home state.
Artistic directors of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra discuss the work of the orchestra.
James MacMillan and poet Michael Symmons Roberts on links between poetry and the divine.
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the shared themes of the Romantic movement.
Susan Hitch explores the life and work of author and poet Boris Pasternak.
Susan Hitch discusses the life, work and legacy of author Leo Tolstoy.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Bach with Andrew Litton, Tarik O'Regan and Alissa Firsova.
Matthew Sweet hosts a discusson on Lord Byron and his breakthrough poem.
Max Hastings, Jenny Uglow and Ian McMillan discuss Samuel Pepys' famous diary.
Howard Jacobson, Mary Beard and Rana Mitter discuss what makes a great love story.
Petroc Trelawny talks to Stephen Sondheim and to tonight's conductor David Charles Abell.
Rana Mitter asks whether Beethoven still embodies the archetypal romantic artist.
Pianist Lucy Parham talks with Sara Mohr-Pietsch about Schumann's life and works.
Susan Hitch on the life and work of Anton Chekhov, 150 years after his birth.
Petroc Trelawny talks to broadcaster John Suchet, a ionate devotee of Beethoven.
Kevin Jackson and Nick Dear discuss romantic poet and political hero Byron.
Louise Fryer talks to Alexandra Wilson and Roger Parker about Simon Boccanegra.
Louise Fryer discusses The Mastersingers with Patrick Carnegy and Anthony Negus of WNO.
