Poetry, prose and music on the subject of food, with readings by Samantha Bond and Robert Powell. Including works by Robert Frost and Hardy, plus Chabrier, Schubert and Bach. Show more

Poetry, prose and music exploring the world of ghostly doubles. Writings by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dostoevsky, Heine and music by Bach, Boulez, Schubert and Reich. Show more

Poetry, prose and music in the fairy tradition, with readings by Stella Gonet and Robert Glenister. Works are by Keats and Shelley, plus Stravinsky, Schubert, Weir and Purcell. Show more

Music interspersed with selections from Mendelssohn's letters taken on the composer's 'great trip' around Europe. With readings by Edward Bennett. Show more

Poetry, prose and music evoking the spirit of carnival, with readings by actors Saskia Reeves and Tom Hiddleston. With music by Saint-Saens and Verdi, plus works by Poe and Byron. Show more

Barbara Jefford and Neville Jason explore the adventure of entering old age. With works by Shakespeare, Yeats and Browning, plus music by Verdi, Mahler and Strauss. Show more

Words and music on the theme of illumination, with readings by Sian Thomas and Jamie Glover. With works by Rimbaud and Atwood, as well as Thomas Ades, Arvo Part and Schubert. Show more

Poetry, prose and music exploring the relationship between humans and animals, with works by Donne, Hughes and Heaney, as well as Barber, Vivaldi, Haydn and Britten. Show more

Sarah Lancashire and Paul Copley read poetry and prose about the experience of going to school. With works by Laurie Lee and DH Lawrence, plus Malcolm Arnold and Frank Loesser. Show more

Words and music exploring ideas of wilderness from all corners of the globe, with readings by Jenny Agutter and Anton Lesser. Works are by Auden, Jeffers Robinson and Han Shan. Show more

Lorcan Cranitch and Orla Charlton with readings evoking the Irish landscape, from WB Yeats, Seamus Heaney and Paul Durcan, plus music from Liam O'Flynn, Arnold Bax and John Cage. Show more

Cheryl Campbell and Douglas Hodge explore the world of science in poetry and prose with work by Holub, Shelley, Hardy and Dickinson and music by Philip Glass, Bach and Takemitsu. Show more

Ruth Madoc and Owen Teale with poetry and music inspired by Wales. Including the verse of Dylan Thomas, the male voice choir, and musicians Bryn Terfel and Robert Tear. Show more

In a programme celebrating the work of Tennyson, Beth Goddard and Michael Pennington read poetry on a theme of destiny, alongside music inspired by, and reflecting the texts. Show more

A celebration of literature and music from the Asian subcontinent - from ragas to rap, and from Kerala to Calcutta. The readers are Meera Syal and Art Malik. Show more

Don Warrington and Deborah Findlay read poetry and prose on the theme of the warrior. With poetry by Tennyson and Shakespeare, and music from Stravinsky to June Tabor. Show more

Greta Scacchi and Henry Goodman read works on the theme of parks, by Ted Hughes, DH Lawrence and Elizabeth Bowen. With music from Handel and Debussy. Show more

Writings and music focusing on the story of Noah and the Ark, with readings by Claire Skinner and Andrew Scott. Works include Chaucer and Blake, plus Britten and Bruch. Show more

Poetry, prose and music on the theme of gay love, with readings by Douglas Hodge and Helen McCrory. Including works by WH Auden and Whitman, plus Szymanowski and Britten. Show more