Michael Longley's Life of Poetry

Poems of Love and Ageing

In a 2024 interview, Michael Longley talks about his love poems and 60 years of poetry.

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Sounds of Wild Poland

Dawn

An adventure in nature recording with Izabela Dłuzyk.

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Sounds of Wild Poland

Harmonies

Sound journeys into Poland's wild forests and marshes.

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Sounds of Wild Poland

Thrush Nightingales

Adventures in sound with Polish nature recordist Izabela Dłuzyk.

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Sounds of Wild Poland

Trees

A deep listening experience in the wild places of Poland, recorded by Izabela Dłuzyk.

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Sounds of Wild Poland

Night

Join Izabela Dłuzyk on her sound adventures at night in the forests of eastern Poland.

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Five Kinds of Amadeus

16/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman asks Patrick Mackie what Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' reveals about Mozart.

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Five Kinds of Amadeus

17/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman explores what it's really like to be a musical prodigy with Vanessa-Mae.

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Five Kinds of Amadeus

18/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman discovers Dame Jane Glover's reactions to Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.

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Five Kinds of Amadeus

19/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman discovers Mark-Anthony Turnage's take on Mozart and composer rivalries.

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Five Kinds of Amadeus

20/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman meets Simon Callow, who first played Mozart in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.

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Music Rediscovered

Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem

Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens

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Music Rediscovered

Tudor music and politics

Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.

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Music Rediscovered

The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists

Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.

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Music Rediscovered

Esther Inglis's musical self portraits

Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.

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Music Rediscovered

Chorus girls in Paris

Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.

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Healing Musicians

1. Julian Lloyd Webber

Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their lives and careers after injury.

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Healing Musicians

2. Stephen Marquiss

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

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Healing Musicians

3. Robin Graham

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

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Healing Musicians

4. Ludwig Quandt

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

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Healing Musicians

5. Rebecca Toal and Hattie Butterworth

Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their careers after injury or illness.

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Writing Australia

Brendan Cowell - Storage

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

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Writing Australia

Sara Saleh - From Povo to Poet

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

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Writing Australia

Farz Edraki - The Other Mother

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

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Writing Australia

Luka Lesson - Two Villages

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

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Writing Australia

Daniel Browning - Out of Place

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

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Classical Deceptions

Fritz Kreisler

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

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Classical Deceptions

Albinoni's Adagio

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

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Classical Deceptions

The Lost Haydn Sonatas

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

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Classical Deceptions

Joyce Hatto

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

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