Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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The Wigmore Hall
The history and impact of the London music venue which opened in 1901
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RK Naryan remembered
A tribute to the Indian writer, with contributions from Mark Tully and archive interviews.
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Maria Callas' early life
Discussing the operatic soprano's life in Athens from 1937 to 1945
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Ravi Shankar's guide to Indian instruments
The Indian sitar virtuoso reveals the secrets of the tabla, tanbur and sitar
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The Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The judges of the prize talk about the contest from the awards ceremony in Accra, Ghana.
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Is TV killing itself?
Is a world of multi-channel television sustainable?
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier oratorios
A review of a recording of the French composer's three historical dramas
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Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Was this most famous piece of organ music really written by Bach?
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Le Corbusier
A discussion about the French Swiss architect's controversial legacy
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Amos Oz interview
The Israel journalist, novelist and intellectual talks about his novel The Same Sea.
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Text message poetry
A competition which brings together mobile phones and poetry
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The sound of muzak
Is there too much music in our daily lives?
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Ray Charles
A profile of the life and work of the American singer and songwriter
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Academy of Ancient Music
A visit to a rehearsal of the British period orchestra
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Austrian baritone Wolfgang Holzmair
"I never could be without Schubert." The singer talks about his love of the composer
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The Master and Margarita
Exploring the life of Mikhail Bulgakov and his fiercely satirical novel
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Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz
How the great Urdu writer bridged the divide between high art and popular culture.
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Composer and pianist Percy Grainger
The pianist Penelope Thwaites talks about the work of the Australian-born composer
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Bach's St Matthew Passion
A review of a recording of Bach's choral work, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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The CALMA Project
How a music software programme could revolutionise how students learn to listen
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Flute player Emmanuel Pahud interview
The Franco-Swiss musician talks about when he first started playing and his love of Mozart
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German composer Hildegard von Bingen
Fiona Maddox discusses her book about the medieval German nun and visionary
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Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa
The life and work of the great national poet of Portugal
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Evelyn Glennie in her studio
The Scottish virtuoso percussionist demonstrates different kinds of frame drum
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Sir Colin Davis and Berlioz
The British conductor talks about his championing of the French composer Hector Berlioz
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The British composer John Taverner
A profile of the composer, famous for his moving, religious work
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The writer Alan Sillitoe
The author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning visits his home town of Nottingham
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Chekhov's Three Sisters
An exploration of the Anton Chekhov's masterpiece
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Crime and Punishment
A tour of St Petersburg where the world of Fyodor Dostoevsky's masterpiece is all around
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Anna Karenina
Are the great issues found in Tolstoy's novel still to be found in Russia today?
