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Back up to: 2009

1. Proms Literary Festival: Ian McMillan on Don Quixote

   Actor Andrew Sachs presents his own dramatic version of Quixote.
2. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies at 75

   Sir Peter Maxwell Davies reflects on his career both as a composer and conductor.
3. Proms Literary Festival - Sherlock Holmes

   AN Wilson talks about the appeal of Sherlock Holmes and his love of Mendelssohn.
4. Proms Literary Festival: Music and Philosophy in Fin de Siecle Vienna

   Philosophers Roger Scruton and AC Grayling on intellectual life in fin de siecle Vienna.
5. Prom 64 Talk

   Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Prom 64, with its multiple piano works by Mozart and Zimmerman
6. Xenakis

   Martin Handley discusses Iannis Xenakis with Nouritza Matossian and Colin Currie.
7. Agon

   Louise Fryer discusses Stravinsky's final ballet, Agon.
8. Proms Literary Festival - Mountain Writing

   Stephen Venables and Lord Smith tell Ian McMillan about their favourite mountain writing.
9. Proms Anniversary Composers

   Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Radio 3's 2009 anniversary composers with members of the OAE.
10. Schnittke and Shostakovich

    A discussion on Schnittke and Shostakovich with Gerard McBurney and Marina Frolova-Walker.
11. Literary Composers

    Richard Coles and Janice Galloway on the diaries and letters of their favourite composers.
12. Middle-Eastern Literature

    Edward Stourton discusses how Middle East literature has helped him understand the region.
13. Handel's Samson

    Catherine Bott and conductor Harry Bicket introduce Handel's oratorio Samson.
14. Shostakovich

    Andrew McGregor discusses Shostakovich with musicologist David Nice.
15. Proms Literary Festival: Great Bollywood Stories

    Rana Mitter discusses the appeal of the stories at the heart of Bollywood cinema.
16. The Orpheus Myth

    Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, on the powerful classical myth of Orpheus.
17. 13/08/2009

    Christopher Cook discusses The Rite of Spring with Royal Ballet director Monica Mason.
18. Proms Literary Festival - Samuel Johnson

    Ian McMillan and Lynda Mugglestone explore the myth and reality of Samuel Johnson.
19. Proms Literary Festival - Gilbert and Sullivan

    Ian McMillan explores the power of the partnership between Gilbert and Sullivan.
20. Gianandrea Noseda/Richard Wigley

    Conductor Gianandrea Noseda talks to Martin Handley to talk about his Italian-themed Prom.
21. Proms Literary Festival - Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

    The Proms Literary Festival explores Gustav Mahler's fin-de-siecle Vienna.
22. The Victorian Novel

    With Matthew Sweet. Roy Hattersley and Valentine Cunningham champion the Victorian novel.
23. Proms Literary Festival - Tennyson

    Andrew Motion introduces a personal choice of Tennyson's poems. Readings are by Fiona Shaw
24. Proms Literary Festival: Victorian Villains

    Matthew Sweet, Michael Holroyd and Elaine Showalter celebrate Victorian villains.
25. The Firebird/Petrushka

    Christopher Cook, Stephanie Jordan and David Nice on Stravinsky ballets.
26. Proms Literary Festival - Cultural Events of 1934

    Christopher Frayling and DJ Taylor discuss the key cultural events in the year 1934.
27. Partenope

    Catherine Bott, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Dr Suzanne Aspden discuss Handel's Partenope.