Words and Music Episodes Episode guide
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The Faerie World
Poetry and music in the fairy tradition. Readings from Stella Gonet and Robert Glenister.
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Mendelssohn Weekend - The Great Trip
Edward Bennett reads from Mendelssohn's letters about the composer's travels in Europe.
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The Double
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the world of ghostly doubles.
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Food for Thought
A selection of poetry, prose and music on the subject of food.
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Handel Week - Handel's Divas
Music and poems with extracts from journals and newspapers about Handel's opera singers.
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Correspondence
Poetry, prose and music centring on correspondence. With works by Britten, Ovid and Mingus
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Young and Easy
Poems and music on the theme of youth, with readings by Hattie Morahan and Samuel West.
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Years of Wonders
A programme of words and music spanning the turbulent period of Purcell's lifetime.
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Sport
Music and poems on the theme of sport read by Angela Wynter and Ioan Meredith.
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Insects
A selection of poetry and music on the theme of insects. With poems by Ted Hughes.
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An American Landscape
Actors Ian Barford and Jeff Perry read works on the theme of the American landscape.
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Harold Pinter
A programme devoted to Harold Pinter, with recordings of the playwright himself.
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The Ascent of Man
Ruth Padel and Henry Goodman read prose and verse exploring the idea of the Ascent of Man.
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Tailor-Made
Poetry, prose and music examining our attitudes to what we wear.
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In the House of God
Hugo Thurston and Pookie Quesnel with readings and music about places of worship.
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Femmes Fatales
Poetry and music on the theme of the femme fatale. Jeremy Northam and Harriet Walter read.
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Through the Looking Glass
Derek Jacobi and Lesley Manville with readings about mirrors and reflections.
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The Year
Andrew Lincoln and Emma Fielding with a selection of poetry on the changing seasons.
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Ancient Greece
Poetry and music on the theme of Ancient Greece. Readings by Tim McMullan, Clare Higgins.
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Birdsong
Claire Skinner and Hugh Bonneville are the readers in a celebration of nature's musicians.
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Monsters
Music and poems on the theme of monsters read by Don Warrington and Carolyn Pickles.
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John Milton
Poetry and music inspired by Milton's description of 'darkness visible' in Paradise Lost.
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Winter
Music and poems on the theme of winter read by Struan Rodger and Cheryl Campbell.
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Bridge Passage
Lindsay Duncan and Adam Godley read poetry and prose inspired by bridges.
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War and Peace
The struggle between conflict and concord, with poems by John Milton and Wilfred Owen.
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Free Thinking - Words and Music
'Seven Ages of Man': a special edition recorded live at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival.
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Man and Beast
Hermione Norris and Jim Norton are the readers exploring an age-old relationship.
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Wild Wood
The beguiling and bewildering forest, found in readings and music by Wagner and Schubert.
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The Ringing Grooves of Change
A sequence of classical music, interspersed with poems and prose.
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Weary with Toil
Harriet Walter and Robert Glenister read words on a theme of work and toil, set to music.
