成人快手

The Invitation

Author Ian Sansom explores the meaning and mystery of invitation giving and receiving.

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How to Play a Cactus

Robert Worby explores the adventures undertaken by performers tackling John Cage's music.

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Ballet and Musicians

Catherine Bott and guests on the benefits of ballet music without accompanying dance.

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The Captain's Apprentice

The history of a traditional song that influenced Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes.

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Suffolk Sounds

Simon Barnes on the sounds of the Suffolk coast, which inspired Britten's Peter Grimes.

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The Last Heretic

Andrew Brown and Diarmaid MacCulloch consider why we burned heretics and why we stopped.

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Ne'er Cast a Clout ...

David Bramwell meets natural weather forecaster David King.

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From Neptune to Nixon

Adrian Mourby examines the history of the operatic plot.

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The German William Morris

Lesley Chamberlain tells the story of German artist and architect Heinrich Vogeler.

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Miles and Me

Soweto Kinch explores the profound impressions Miles Davis made on his fellow artists.

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A Darker Shade of Green

How 1930s novelists and composers used the pastoral mode to address the legacy of WWI.

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Spencer de Grey

Matthew Sweet meets architect Spencer de Grey whose designs include The Sage Gateshead.

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Twenty Ways to Stuff a Cat

Ian Sansom reflects on the art of taxidermy and our need to preserve life by stuffing it.

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Ronald Blythe in Conversation

Writer Ronald Blythe talks to Mark Cocker about his career and times.

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The Life and Genius of Michael Rabin

Jonathan Coffey explores the life and legacy of American virtuoso violinist Michael Rabin.

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Wajda: Voice of a Generation

Ian Christie explores the life and work of Polish film director Andrzej Wajda.

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Katharina Wolpe

Distinguished pianist and teacher Katharina Wolpe talks to Martin Handley.

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Sliding in at the Back

Three trombone experts talk about the life of an orchestral trombone player.

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Leopold Mozart's Violin Treatise

Cliff Eisen traces the history of Leopold Mozart's influential violin treatise of 1756.

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Left High and Dry

Vocal coach and voice expert Mary King charts the rise and fall of the castrati.

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National Baroque

Katie Derham explores the history of The Vyne, a 16th-century country house in Hampshire.

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Sounds of the City

A portrait in sound of Washington DC created by people who live there.

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National Baroque

Katie Derham tours Powis Castle for a closer look at its many Baroque splendours.

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The Laius Complex

Paul Allen argues that the downfall of Oedipus was the fault of his father, Laius.

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Clandon Park, Surrey

Katie Derham, Lars Tharp and Katherine Sharp take a tour of the treasures of Clandon Park.

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Ham House, Surrey

Katie Derham is joined by Lars Tharp and curator Victoria Bradley for a tour of Ham House.

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Tredegar House, Gwent

Katie Derham tours Tredegar House in Wales with Lars Tharp and the NT's Derw Thomas.

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I Predict a Riot

Ivan Hewett explores the myths that surround the first performance of The Rite of Spring.

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Are You Sleeping, Brother John

Peggy Reynolds explores the story of the children's song Frere Jacques.

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Going Underground

Petroc Trelawny experiences the compelling sounds of the London Underground.

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