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Meridian

Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world

World Service,2413 episodes

Episodes

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The Master and Margarita
Exploring the life of Mikhail Bulgakov and his fiercely satirical novel
23 mins06 Apr 2001
Austrian baritone Wolfgang Holzmair
"I never could be without Schubert." The singer talks about his love of the composer
24 mins11 Apr 2001
Academy of Ancient Music
A visit to a rehearsal of the British period orchestra
24 mins12 Apr 2001
Ray Charles
A profile of the life and work of the American singer and songwriter
24 mins18 Apr 2001
The sound of muzak
Is there too much music in our daily lives?
24 mins24 Apr 2001
Text message poetry
A competition which brings together mobile phones and poetry
24 mins24 Apr 2001
Amos Oz interview
The Israel journalist, novelist and intellectual talks about his novel The Same Sea.
24 mins25 Apr 2001
Le Corbusier
A discussion about the French Swiss architect's controversial legacy
23 mins01 May 2001
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Was this most famous piece of organ music really written by Bach?
23 mins04 May 2001
Marc-Antoine Charpentier oratorios
A review of a recording of the French composer's three historical dramas
24 mins05 May 2001
Is TV killing itself?
Is a world of multi-channel television sustainable?
24 mins10 May 2001
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The judges of the prize talk about the contest from the awards ceremony in Accra, Ghana.
24 mins11 May 2001
Ravi Shankar's guide to Indian instruments
The Indian sitar virtuoso reveals the secrets of the tabla, tanbur and sitar
23 mins13 May 2001
Maria Callas' early life
Discussing the operatic soprano's life in Athens from 1937 to 1945
24 mins18 May 2001
RK Naryan remembered
A tribute to the Indian writer, with contributions from Mark Tully and archive interviews.
24 mins19 May 2001
The Wigmore Hall
The history and impact of the London music venue which opened in 1901
24 mins22 May 2001
Carlos Fuentes
The celebrated Mexican writer talks about losing a child and his book The Years With Laura
23 mins22 May 2001
The Ta'ziyeh in Iran
An exploration of the annual religious event in Iran, a kind of passion play.
23 mins24 May 2001
The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta
Egytpian novelist Ahdaf Soueif talks about the accounts of the 14th-century traveller
24 mins24 May 2001
Wigmore Hall
The history behind Wigmore Hall and the artists who have performed there
25 mins29 May 2001
Displaced authors
The Lebanese Hanan Al-Sheikh and two other writers talk about being separated from home
24 mins04 Jun 2001
Opening Nights: West Side Story
The American musical's first performance in 1957, remembered by the cast.
23 mins06 Jun 2001
How do artists use colour?
The abstract artists Terry Frost, John Hoyland and Yuko Shirai discuss how they use colour
24 mins07 Jun 2001
Opening Nights: Evita
The first performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical about Eva Peron.
24 mins10 Jun 2001
Iain Sinclair interview
The British writer and 'psychogeographer' talks about his novel Landor's Tower
23 mins12 Jun 2001
Schoenberg Festival
Ensemble Organum perform Franciscan chant; Tribute to Arnold Schoenberg.
24 mins12 Jun 2001
��ý Proms 2001
A look ahead to the ��ý Proms season with the conductor Leonard Slatkin
24 mins14 Jun 2001
Seamus Heaney and Irish literature
The Irish poet talks about his collection, Electric Light
24 mins19 Jun 2001
Where Do Plays Come From?
Three playwrights talk about why they choose to write plays and film scripts
23 mins27 Jun 2001
��ý Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
Marius Brenciu is the first tenor to win the ��ý Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
24 mins29 Jun 2001