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Twenty Minutes Episodes

  1. Mendelssohn at Buckingham Palace

    Sean Rafferty finds out about Mendelssohn's visits to Buckingham Palace.

  2. Moon Enterprises Inc and the Door

    Two playful stories by award-winning writer Michael Kruger about eccentric grandfathers.

  3. Handel Week - The Mouth of the Lord

    A discussion about the real meaning of the text Handel set in Messiah.

  4. Eyeing the Spymaster

    Poet Alison Brackenbury responds to John de Critz's portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham.

  5. The Ghosts of Little Russia

    Zinovy Zinik uncovers the stories behind an area of London once known as 'Little Russia'.

  6. As I Went to Walsingham

    Sean Street and Eamon Duffy go to Walsingham, a place of pilgrimage for almost 1,000 years

  7. Happy Endings

    Paul Allen explores happy endings, looking at Prokofiev's original Romeo and Juliet.

  8. Piano, by Jean Echenoz

    David Horovitch reads from Jean Echenoz's novel celebrating the life of a concert pianist.

  9. The Art of Light Music

    Martin Handley discusses the art of light music with Claire Martin and the 大象传媒 CO.

  10. A Soundscape of Colour: The World of Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008)

    Donald Macleod presents a profile of Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott.

  11. 08/01/2009

    Catherine Bott looks at what 2009 has in store for the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.

  12. Celebrating St Nicolas

    Louise Fryer uncovers the story behind Britten's cantata St Nicolas.

  13. Konstantin Melnikov

    Iain Glen reads Bruce Chatwin's story of his trip to see the architect Konstantin Melnikov

  14. 10/12/2008

    From St David's Hall, Cardiff, Petroc Trelawny chairs a discussion on Messiaen.

  15. Dance to the Music

    Deborah Bull explores the relationship between music and dance, from Tchaikovsky to today.

  16. The Postmaster, by Alexander Pushkin

    Pushkin's short story about a postmaster's daughter who elopes with a hussar.

  17. The Garden of Earthly Delights

    Tim Healey explores the Goliards, composers of the original songs of Carmina Burana.

  18. Take A Hike North

    Writer Christopher Somerville watches the dawn migration of 25,000 geese in Aberlady Bay.

  19. Matryona's House

    Stephen Critchlow reads Solzhenitsyn's short story about an impoverished peasant woman.

  20. 13/11/2008

    Stephen Johnson explores the parallel worlds of Rachmaninov and Stravinsky.

  21. Fiesta

    A portait of the Fiesta del Pilar, a celebration held in the Spanish city of Zaragoza.

  22. The Importance of Being a Hellenist

    By Istvan Orkeny. A story told by a mother who must identify the body of her dead son.

  23. Candide

    Martin Handley explores the themes of Candide.

  24. Beethoven's Double Bass

    How Beethoven's Choral Symphony was inspired by double bass player Domenico Dragonetti.

  25. 19/09/2008

    Petroc Trelawny and guests discuss the portrayal of conductors in 大象传媒 TV's Maestro series.

  26. 18/09/2008

    With 大象传媒 Singers chief conductor David Hill and associate composer Judith Bingham.

  27. 13/09/2008

    A story by the author Deborah Moggach, centring on a Last Night of the Proms reminiscence.

  28. Thirsting for Music

    Paul Bailey Romanian Jewish playwright, novelist and music lover Mihail Sebastian.

  29. The Whale Road

    Kathleen Jamie tries to discover why there are remains of whales all around the UK coast.

  30. 09/09/2008

    Susan Hitch is joined by playwright Stephen Poliakoff to discuss Russian literature.

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