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Five Kinds of Amadeus

20/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman meets Simon Callow, who first played Mozart in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.

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Music Rediscovered

Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem

Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens

• 14 mins

Music Rediscovered

Tudor music and politics

Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.

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Music Rediscovered

The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists

Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.

• 14 mins

Music Rediscovered

Esther Inglis's musical self portraits

Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.

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Music Rediscovered

Chorus girls in Paris

Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.

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Healing Musicians

1. Julian Lloyd Webber

Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their lives and careers after injury.

• 14 mins

Healing Musicians

2. Stephen Marquiss

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

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Healing Musicians

3. Robin Graham

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

• 14 mins

Healing Musicians

4. Ludwig Quandt

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

• 14 mins

Healing Musicians

5. Rebecca Toal and Hattie Butterworth

Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their careers after injury or illness.

• 14 mins

Writing Australia

Brendan Cowell - Storage

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

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Writing Australia

Sara Saleh - From Povo to Poet

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

• 14 mins

Writing Australia

Farz Edraki - The Other Mother

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

• 14 mins

Writing Australia

Luka Lesson - Two Villages

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

• 14 mins

Writing Australia

Daniel Browning - Out of Place

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

• 14 mins

Classical Deceptions

Fritz Kreisler

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

• 14 mins

Classical Deceptions

Albinoni's Adagio

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

• 14 mins

Classical Deceptions

The Lost Haydn Sonatas

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

• 14 mins

Classical Deceptions

Joyce Hatto

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

• 14 mins

Classical Deceptions

Mamoru Samuragochi

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

• 14 mins

Scotland Rocks

Gold

Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.

• 14 mins

Scotland Rocks

Agate

Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.

• 14 mins

Scotland Rocks

Aquamarine

Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.

• 14 mins

Scotland Rocks

Serpentine

Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.

• 14 mins

Scotland Rocks

Amber

Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.

• 14 mins

Tin Pan Alleys

China's Tin Pan Alley - Xinjiekou Street in Beijing

´óÏó´«Ã½ Beijing Correspondent Stephen McDonell visits the music shops of Xinjiekou Street.

• 14 mins

Tin Pan Alleys

Türkiye's Tin Pan Alley - Galip Dede Street in Istanbul

´óÏó´«Ã½ Türkçe journalist Esra Yalcinalp visits Galip Dede Street, Istanbul's Tin Pan Alley.

• 14 mins

Tin Pan Alleys

Japan's Tin Pan Alley - Ochanomizu in Tokyo

Phoebe Amoroso reports from Ochanomizu in Tokyo, famous for shops selling electric guitars

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Tin Pan Alleys

Spain's Tin Pan Alley - Centro, Madrid

Guy Hedgecoe visits the luthiers of Madrid.

• 14 mins