Notable Episodes Available now
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Introducing Facing The Music—Facing The Music
Exposing the emotional turmoil behind legendary composers and their captivating music.
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Franz Liszt The First Rockstar with Jack Steadman—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
Liszt was a monk, a sex symbol, and a pianist who made nuns faint and forget their vows.
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Wagner鈥檚 Tainted Legacy with Frank Cottrell Boyce—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
Richard Wagner was a romantic, a revolutionary and bitter antisemite.
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Alma Mahler The Heartbreaker with Arlene Phillips—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
A composer, heartbreaker, socialite and antisemite. Who was the real Alma Mahler?
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Fifty Shades of Percy Grainger with Lou Sanders—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
Percy Grainger had a fetish for whips, blood-stained shirts and folk melodies.
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Debussy The Love Rat with Abi Clarke—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
Claude Debussy was a love rat who left behind a trail of broken hearts and gunshot wounds.
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The Divine Maria Callas with Arielle Free—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
Maria Callas's life was as dramatic as an operatic storyline. But was she really a Diva?
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Dame Ethel Smyth The Wrecker with Laufey—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
Ethel Smyth was a trailblazing composer, suffragette and no stranger to passionate affairs
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Puccini The Mighty Hunter with Bec Hill—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
Blackmail, affairs and a secret love child. Was Puccini the bad boy of the Opera world?
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Handel The Royal Glutton with Issy Suttie—Monsters of Music with Tom Allen
Handel was a glutton, a royal composer and maybe a spy, but was he really a monster?