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Ian McMillan talks to I Fagiolini director Robert Hollingworth at the Royal College of Music in London as he discusses his favourite works of fiction. Show more
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Ian McMillan talks to I Fagiolini director Robert Hollingworth at the Royal College of Music in London as he discusses his favourite works of fiction. Show more
Louise Fryer is joined by pianist Stephen Hough and biographer Malcolm Hayes to discuss Liszt, a composer who was also the most celebrated performer of his day. Show more
From the Royal College of Music, Susan Hitch hosts a discussion in which novelist Sarah Dunant and Margaret Kean, author of Inferno discuss the influence of Italian poet Dante. Show more
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Opera historian Benjamin Walton and Royal Opera House programme contributor Sarah Lenton join Petroc Trelawny to explore Rossini's great opera William Tell. Show more
Louise Fryer is joined by musicologist and author Malcolm Gillies and Hungarian poet and translator George Szirtes to explore the life and works of Bartok. Show more
Historians Kate Williams and Dan Cruickshank join Matthew Sweet to reassess Prince Albert and his legacy the 'Albertopolis', an area that includes the Royal Albert Hall. Show more
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For a series of events in which musicians from the 2011 Proms introduce their favourite works of fiction, Susan Hitch is joined by cellist Matthew Barley. Show more
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Poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, and presenter of The Verb, Ian McMillan, introduce the winning entries in the first ever Proms Poetry Competition. Show more
Anne McElvoy is joined by music lover Rabbi Julia Neuberger and a BBC musician to consider how well the great works of fiction through the ages depict the piano. Show more
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about the Proms performance of Der Freischutz by Weber in the version reimagined for French audiences by Berlioz. Show more
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To conclude a series of events in which musicians from the 2011 Proms discuss their favourite fiction and poetry, Anne McElvoy is joined by violinist Tasmin Little. Show more
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The Aurora Orchestra under Nicholas Collon performs the winning entries from the 2011 Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition. Show more
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Novelist Kate Mosse and writer and artist Edmund de Waal discuss the great French literary classics with Matthew Sweet. Show more
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Rana Mitter talks to Peggy Reynolds about the cello in literature, with illustrations played by a cellist from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Show more
Matthew Sweet discusses the enduring appeal of the myth of Faust with playwright Mark Ravenhill, author of Faust is Dead. Show more
Rana Mitter is joined by Daniel Karlin and Tariq Ali to discuss Rudyard Kipling. Was he the bard of the British Empire or a propagandist for imperialism? Show more
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Rana Mitter hosts a discussion in which crime writers Val McDermid and Louise Welsh explore the boom in Scandinavian crime fiction. Show more
Matthew Sweet hosts an audience discussion in which screenwriter Ronald Harwood and silent film pianist Neil Brand explore the role of music in movies. Show more
Tom Service is joined by musicologist Kenneth Hamilton and critic and broadcaster Stephen Johnson to discuss the real Brahms, a composer who is often misunderstood. Show more
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Matthew Sweet talks to comedians Natalie Haynes and Steve Punt about their favourite humorous writing, from Aristophanes and Chaucer to Dorothy Parker and PG Wodehouse. Show more