Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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Agatha Christie鈥檚 The Mousetrap
What is the secret behind the longest running play in the world?
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Ivan Vladislavic interview
The South African storyteller talks about his novel The Restless Supermarket
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John Adams interview
The American composer talks about his controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer
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Zadok the Priest
An examination of Handel鈥檚 coronation anthem by the singers who have performed it
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Puccini's Tosca
A review of a new film of the Italian opera, starring Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu
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Bahaa Taher interview
The Egyptian novelist talks about his novel Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery
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Vladimir Ashkenazy interview
The life and work of the Russian born conductor and virtuoso pianist
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Jonathan Franzen interview
The American writer talks about his novel Corrections
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Kazakh National Academy of Music
The instruments of Kazakhstan and the people who play them
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The Palace of Versailles
How music was at the heart of the royal chateau鈥檚 life under Louis XIV
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Artist Tessa Clegg
How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥 in their work, such as glass. Presented by Michael Rosen
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John Berger interview
The British novelist, painter and poet talks after celebrating his 75th birthday
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Sculptor Sir Anthony Caro
How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥 such as steel. Presented by Michael Rosen
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Artist Alison Britton
How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥 such as clay. Presented by Michael Rosen
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Steven Spielberg
A profile of the American film director on the release of AI Artificial Intelligence
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The Art of Conducting: Part 2
How the conductor has changed over the last one hundred years and what the future might hold.
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Books of the Year, 2001
Recommendations from Doris Lessing, Sarah Paretski and James Lovelock
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Sculptor David Nash
How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥 such as wood. Presented by Michael Rosen
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August Wilson interview
The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright talks about his drama Ma Rainey鈥檚 Black Bottom
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Ama Ata Aidoo interview
The Ghanaian writer talks about her work, including the novel Changes
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Sculptor Glynn Williams
How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥 such as stone. Presented by Michael Rosen
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Mitsuko Uchida interview
鈥淭he piano can do everything!鈥 The Japanese pianist talks about her instrument
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William Faulkner
A profile of the writer who defined how we see the American South
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The Lord of the Rings
Exploring the Middle Earth trilogy, including an archive interview with JRR Tolkien
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The intepretation of conducting
An opportunity to hear conducting giants of the past during their rehearsal process
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Flannery O'Connor
The life and work of the writer from the American South
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The Art of Conducting: Part 1
When and why conducting as we know it began. A history up to the 20th century
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Opera in Latin America
Exploring the region鈥檚 rich operatic tradition and talent 鈥 and its uncertain future
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The Catcher in the Rye
JD Salinger鈥檚 revolutionary novel discussed by writers, including Kurt Vonnegut
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Lyric Opera of Chicago
How the opera has become one of America鈥檚 most respected and successful companies