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28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Julian Worricker on musician Oliver Knussen, anthropologist Barbara Harrell-Bond, media executive Sam Chisholm, artist Steve Ditko, Transylvanian aristocrat Anna Sandor de Kenos. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Pierre Boulez obituary with Nicholas Kenyon and George Benjamin; Andrea Wulf, winner of the Costa Biography Award; Tracey Ullman's TV show; behind the scenes at the Bolshoi Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Front Row broadcasts from the Thames to celebrate 300 years since Handel first performed Water Music, with the world premiere of a piece commissioned specially for the occasion. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Arts news. Mark Lawson discusses the music of John Tavener, the final Poirot episode and Georges Simenon's first Maigret novel. Plus Bel Mooney reviews the film Don Jon. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Petroc Trelawny travels to Naples to learn more about the notorious composer Carlo Gesualdo. Plus the legacy of the late Nikolaus Harnoncourt and a biography of Vaughan Williams. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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In a live edition, Tom Service is joined by singers Alice Coote and Barbara Hannigan and discusses a new book exploring the work of conductor Charles Mackerras. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Live from Sage Gateshead for the Free Thinking Festival, Petroc Trelawny chairs a debate about how far knowledge can enhance our understanding and appreciation of classical music. Show more
