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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2008: Proms Literary Festival

BBC Proms: 2008: Proms Literary Festival: Part 12: Proms Literary Festival: Russian literature and current affairs

Proms Literary Festival

Part 12 Part 12: Proms Literary Festival: Russian literature and current affairs

2008

Proms Literary Festival: Russian literature and current affairs

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Susan Hitch and Bridget Kendall discuss Russian literature and current affairs.

Susan Hitch is joined by BBC correspondent Bridget Kendall to discuss how Russian literature relates to issues and themes in the country's current affairs.

Susan Hitch is joined by the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall to discuss how classic and contemporary Russian literature relates to issues and themes in the country's current affairs, focusing on what the writer Lermontov has to tell us about what changes and what remains the same in Russian life and Russian attitudes.

A former BBC Moscow Correspondent, Bridget kept abreast not merely of the political situation in Russia but also the literary scene. She was an enthusiastic reader of the Russian classics and also has an enthusiasm for the more feisty contemporary literature, dipping briefly into the lighter end of the market with a very Russian take on chick lit.

BBC Proms: 2008

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Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.

Series on the themes of the 2008 Proms season, and the link between writers and composers

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