Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events
Radio 3,路92 episodes
Phil Carradice investigates a lost kingdom submerged beneath the waves of Cardigan Bay.
Suzy Klein explores the drama engendered by Toscanini's visits to the 大象传媒 SO in the 1930s.
Episode 1
Paul Farley explores Goethe's verse tribute to Persian poetry, The West-Eastern Divan.
Episode 2
Paul Farley on how Goethe's West-Eastern Divan poems were fuelled by a love affair.
Paul Allen examines how, despite losing the war, the Trojans have shaped Western culture.
Ruth Smith uncovers the surprising truth about the many meanings of Judas Maccabeus.
Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Coronation Ode.
In Angela Carter's story a circus tiger shapes the destiny of the notorious Lizzie Borden.
Stephen Johnson tries to uncover the mysteries of Schumann's piano suite Carnaval.
Paul Allen explores the work that inspired Josef Suk's The Ripening.
Children from Amersham Music Centre prepare to perform Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
Stephen Johnson explores Stravinsky's take on the ancient tale of Oedipus Rex.
Louise Fryer investigates the inspiration behind Walton's powerful First Symphony.
A documentary contemplating the 'endless days and nights' that affect Finland.
Jonathan Coffey on the story of the cross and how it became the symbol of Christianity.
Fiona Sampson considers the work of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz.
The Rev Richard Coles hosts a discussion on how William Byrd survived as a recusant.
Petrarch's account of how he and his brother once set out to climb a mountain in Provence.
Musician David Bramwell explores the art of the clap in creating and teaching music.
Bricklayer's son, ragtime pianist, major philanthropist: the lost story of Walter Harding.
Stephen Johnson explores the symbolism of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony.
The Rev Lucy Winkett explores traditional images of angels.
Helen Bond analyses the Scriptures and the Apocrypha to discover Christ's missing years.
Alexandra Harris discusses the history of fireworks at the 2011 Free Thinking Festival.
Adrian Scarborough reads from Thomas Mann's classic novel set in the mid-1800s.
Lesley Chamberlain on the 'aesthetic Bolsheviks', a 1920s Russian artistic community.
In Katherine Mansfield's story, guests at a German pension perform in a private concert.
Philip Bullock considers sacrificial links between the Rite of Spring and Emily Davison.
Alex Jennings reads M.R. James' ghost story set on the windswept coast of East Anglia.
Paul Allen on the history of the interval, from Ancient Greece to today's concert halls.