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Meridian

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

World Service,2413 episodes

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Composer John Adams – beyond Minimalism
Interview with John Adams, composer of the opera Nixon in China
24 mins28 Sep 2001
Woody Allen – New York will Survive 9/11
Woody Allen talks about the impact of 9/ll on New York, and also about his latest film
23 mins01 Oct 2001
Ian McEwan on 'Atonement'
Novelist Ian McEwan on viewing events through the prism of childish misunderstanding
23 mins02 Oct 2001
The Silk Road Project – a musical Exchange
The Silk Road Project is a cultural exchange involving traditional and contemporary musics
24 mins05 Oct 2001
V.S. Naipaul – Narrator of the post-colonial World
The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to V.S. Naipaul
24 mins12 Oct 2001
Jon Vickers' 75th Birthday
Profile of operatic tenor Jon Vickers at 75, whose first performances were for prisoners
24 mins16 Oct 2001
Peter Carey wins the 2001 Booker Prize
Report from the Booker Prize awards ceremony in London
24 mins17 Oct 2001
Greek Gifts – the White House
How the ancient Greeks still influence our lives today. This week, political thinking
24 mins19 Oct 2001
Taking slam Poetry to South Africa
New York Slam poets receive an enthusiastic welcome in Johannesburg
24 mins23 Oct 2001
Greek Gifts – Oedipus Tyrannus
How the ancient Greeks still influence our lives. This week, Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles
23 mins25 Oct 2001
Samuel Pepys – the Great Diarist
Claire Tomalin talks about her biography of the great diarist Samuel Pepys
24 mins30 Oct 2001
Greek Gifts – Lots of English words
How the ancient Greeks still influence our lives today. This week, lots of English words
24 mins01 Nov 2001
Caryl Phillips and his new World Order
Caryl Phillips talks about his new book abouy the fluidity of contemporary identity
24 mins07 Nov 2001
Poems on the Underground
How an American writer came up with the idea to bring poetry to a wider audience
24 mins13 Nov 2001
Muriel Spark interview
A rare interview with the Scottish novelist about her life and work
24 mins15 Nov 2001
Elton John interview
The British singer and songwriter talks about his album Song from the West Coast
23 mins15 Nov 2001
Lyric Opera of Chicago
How the opera has become one of America’s most respected and successful companies
24 mins20 Nov 2001
The Catcher in the Rye
JD Salinger’s revolutionary novel discussed by writers, including Kurt Vonnegut
24 mins20 Nov 2001
Opera in Latin America
Exploring the region’s rich operatic tradition and talent – and its uncertain future
24 mins23 Nov 2001
The Art of Conducting: Part 1
When and why conducting as we know it began. A history up to the 20th century
24 mins26 Nov 2001
Flannery O'Connor
The life and work of the writer from the American South
24 mins29 Nov 2001
The intepretation of conducting
An opportunity to hear conducting giants of the past during their rehearsal process
24 mins04 Dec 2001
The Lord of the Rings
Exploring the Middle Earth trilogy, including an archive interview with JRR Tolkien
24 mins04 Dec 2001
William Faulkner
A profile of the writer who defined how we see the American South
24 mins04 Dec 2001
Mitsuko Uchida interview
“The piano can do everything!” The Japanese pianist talks about her instrument
24 mins06 Dec 2001
Sculptor Glynn Williams
How artists use ‘everyday stuff’ such as stone. Presented by Michael Rosen
24 mins06 Dec 2001
Ama Ata Aidoo interview
The Ghanaian writer talks about her work, including the novel Changes
23 mins12 Dec 2001
August Wilson interview
The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright talks about his drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
23 mins14 Dec 2001
Sculptor David Nash
How artists use ‘everyday stuff’ such as wood. Presented by Michael Rosen
24 mins15 Dec 2001
Books of the Year, 2001
Recommendations from Doris Lessing, Sarah Paretski and James Lovelock
24 mins18 Dec 2001