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Words and Music Episodes

  1. Birdsong

    Claire Skinner and Hugh Bonneville are the readers in a celebration of nature's musicians.

  2. Monsters

    Music and poems on the theme of monsters read by Don Warrington and Carolyn Pickles.

  3. John Milton

    Poetry and music inspired by Milton's description of 'darkness visible' in Paradise Lost.

  4. Winter

    Music and poems on the theme of winter read by Struan Rodger and Cheryl Campbell.

  5. Bridge Passage

    Lindsay Duncan and Adam Godley read poetry and prose inspired by bridges.

  6. War and Peace

    The struggle between conflict and concord, with poems by John Milton and Wilfred Owen.

  7. Free Thinking - Words and Music

    'Seven Ages of Man': a special edition recorded live at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival.

  8. Man and Beast

    Hermione Norris and Jim Norton are the readers exploring an age-old relationship.

  9. Wild Wood

    The beguiling and bewildering forest, found in readings and music by Wagner and Schubert.

  10. The Ringing Grooves of Change

    A sequence of classical music, interspersed with poems and prose.

  11. Weary with Toil

    Harriet Walter and Robert Glenister read words on a theme of work and toil, set to music.

  12. Face

    Michael Maloney and Lesley Sharp read poems and texts exploring the face.

  13. 21/09/2008

    A sequence of music interspersed with readings of poetry and prose on the theme of autumn.

  14. To Byzantium

    A theme about the journey of man and the vision of eternal life.

  15. Sleep

    Poetry and music on the theme of sleep, including music by Strauss and poetry by Keats.

  16. The Glory of the Garden

    Readings of works by Milton and Auden interspersed with music by Delius and Messiaen.

  17. The Ring Cycle

    Words and music relating to marriage, with readings by Jane Lapotaire and Ralf Little.

  18. Berlin

    Poems and music on the theme of Berlin, with readings by Henry Goodman and Liz Sutherland.

  19. Crushed

    A selection of literature and accompanying music.

  20. Ballad of the Northern Lights

    Poems and music on the theme of the North. Readings are by Stella Gonet and Douglas Hodge.

  21. Dancing in the Wind

    Sara Kestelman and Rory Kinnear read poetry and prose about childhood, set to music.

  22. Ecstasy

    Music and poetry evoking states of rapture, with works by Donne, Messiaen and Schubert.

  23. Blood Wedding

    Simon Holt selects words and music reflecting the images from Lorca's Blood Wedding.

  24. Italian Fantasy

    Poetry, prose and music inspired by travellers to Italy. With poetry by Byron and Browning

  25. The Wanderer

    Rufus Sewell and Indira Varma read texts by Hardy and Masefield. With music by Birtwistle.

  26. A Chinese Anthology

    Wendy Kweh and David Yip read works from two millennia of Chinese poetry.

  27. The Sky Smiles Down

    Poems and music with a summer theme, with readings by Fiona Shaw and Robert Glenister.

  28. The Soft Machine

    Poems read by Anna Maxwell Martin and John Rowe plus music, all on the theme of the body.

  29. Chains of Desire

    Poetry, prose and letters interspersed with music, all linked by the theme of erotic love.

  30. Flowers of Evil

    Antony Sher reads from Baudelaire's poem Les fleurs du mal.

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