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Free Thinking 2010
A special edition recorded at The Sage Gateshead, for the 2010 Free Thinking festival
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Alison Steadman and Timothy West read verse on a culinary theme. With music by Schubert.
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Cheryl Campbell and Douglas Hodge explore the world of science in poetry, prose and music.
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A portrait in music, poetry and prose of Turkey, seen through the eyes of the outsider.
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Say, what shall we dance?: a sequence of music, poetry and prose on the theme of dance.
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As part of the BBC Poetry Season, poems and music chosen by BBC Radio 3 presenters.
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A sequence of music interspersed with readings of poetry and prose on the theme of autumn.
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Actress Fiona Shaw introduces a selection of poetry and prose on the theme of animals.
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Poems on the subject of time, ageing, change, the rhythm of life and clocks, set to music.
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A selection of music and poetry on a theme of Time.
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Mark Strong and Niamh Cusack read poetry on the theme of the weather.
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Wendy Kweh and David Yip read works from two millennia of Chinese poetry.
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A celebration of literature and music from the Asian subcontinent.
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Texts and music inspired by the world seen from above, birds in flight, and mountain tops.
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Actors Ian Barford and Jeff Perry read works on the theme of the American landscape.
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Poetry and music on the theme of Ancient Greece. Readings by Tim McMullan, Clare Higgins.
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A mixture of poetry, prose and music inspired by film.
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Poetry and music on the theme of atonement. Readings by Simon Russell Beale, Adjoa Andoh.
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Poetry and prose around the theme of love, with music by Britten, Elgar, De Rore and Dufay
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A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of awakenings.
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Poems and music on the theme of the North. Readings are by Stella Gonet and Douglas Hodge.
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Poems and music on the theme of Berlin, with readings by Henry Goodman and Liz Sutherland.
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Words and music on the theme of Berlin, with readings by Henry Goodman and Liz Sutherland.
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Claire Skinner and Hugh Bonneville are the readers in a celebration of nature's musicians.
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Claire Skinner and Hugh Bonneville are the readers in a celebration of nature's musicians.
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With readings from Plath, Wordsworth and Browning alongside music by Delius and Bach.
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A selection of music, poetry and prose conjuring images of blood, marriage and the moon.
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Simon Holt selects words and music reflecting the images from Lorca's Blood Wedding.
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A sequence of words and music which journey around the clock over the course of 24 hours.
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Words and music on the theme of borders. Readings by Samuel West and Penelope Wilton.
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Lindsay Duncan and Adam Godley read poetry and prose inspired by bridges.
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A selection of words and music on a sea theme, including Dickens, Mozart and Mendelssohn.
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Poetry, prose and music evoking the spirit of carnival. With Saint-Saens, Verdi and Poe.
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Poetry, prose and letters interspersed with music, all linked by the theme of erotic love.
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Texts and music focusing on clowns, with readings from Alison Steadman and Andrew Sachs.
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Poetry, prose and music centring on correspondence. With works by Britten, Ovid and Mingus
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A selection of literature and accompanying music.
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Ruth Madoc and Owen Teale with poetry and music inspired by Wales.
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Sara Kestelman and Rory Kinnear read poetry and prose about childhood, set to music.
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Barbara Jefford and Neville Jason explore the adventure of entering old age.
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Music and poetry evoking states of rapture. With poems by Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.
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Music and poetry evoking states of rapture, with works by Donne, Messiaen and Schubert.
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Texts and music on the theme of enemies. Readings by Struan Rodger and Siobhan Redmond.
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Texts and music exploring the theme of exile. Readings by Frances Barber and Greg Hicks.
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Michael Maloney and Lesley Sharp read poems and texts exploring the face.
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Michael Maloney and Lesley Sharp read poems and texts exploring the face.
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Texts and music about fame and celebrity. Readings by Imogen Stubbs and Michael Maloney.
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Ian McMillan introduces a special edition recorded from the 2009 Free Thinking festival.
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Music and poetry reflecting the age-old obsession with the German legend of Faust.
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Texts and music on the theme of gay love. Readings by Douglas Hodge and Helen McCrory.
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Poetry and music on the theme of the femme fatale. Jeremy Northam and Harriet Walter read.
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Words and music inspired by painting, with readings by Alex Jennings and Carolyn Pickles.
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Antony Sher reads from Baudelaire's poem Les fleurs du mal.
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A selection of poetry, prose and music on the subject of food.
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Arresting poetry performances, from John Ashbery to Derek Walcott, and music to match.
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'Seven Ages of Man': a special edition recorded live at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival.
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A sequence of poetry, prose and music around the theme of these two great cities.
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A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of hearing and listening.
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Sheila Hancock and Scott Handy read poems and prose about giving and receiving gifts.
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Texts and music on the theme of humour. Readings by Sophie Thompson and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
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Celebrating the many facets of joy, with readings by Jane Horrocks and Rory Kinnear.
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Music and poems with extracts from journals and newspapers about Handel's opera singers.
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Actor Simon Russell Beale curates a sequence of words and music on the theme of happiness.
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A programme devoted to Harold Pinter, with recordings of the playwright himself.
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Texts and music on the subject of healing, with readings by Celia Imrie and Bill Paterson.
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Romola Garai and Tim McMullan read poetry and prose on the theme of hope and despair.
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Poetry and music inspired by the peninsula, with flamenco, fado and atmospheric readings.
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Jenny Agutter and Anton Lesser read works about wilderness from all corners of the globe.
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Words and music on the theme of illumination. Readings are by Sian Thomas and Jamie Glover
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Words and music on the theme of power, with readings by Sheila Hancock and Tom Hollander.
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A selection of words and music on the theme of England, including Orwell and Delius.
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The human soul's desire for transcendence. Readings by Stephen Mangan and Adjoa Andoh.
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Hugo Thurston and Pookie Quesnel with readings and music about places of worship.
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Poetry, prose and music on the theme of parks. Readings by Greta Scacchi and Henry Goodman
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A selection of poetry and music on the theme of insects. With poems by Ted Hughes.
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Christopher Eccleston and Olivia Hallinan read from love letters - real and fictional.
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Poetry, prose and music inspired by travellers to Italy. With poetry by Byron and Browning
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Poetry and music inspired by Milton's description of 'darkness visible' in Paradise Lost.
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Texts and music about getting from A to B. Readers: Claire Rushbrook and Andrew Wincott.
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Jeremy Irons and Anna Massey explore Venice through poetry, prose and classical music.
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Nicholas Farrell and Miriam Margolyes conjure up words on magic, accompanied by music.
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A sequence of poetry, prose and music focusing on sickness. Including Kodaly and Bach.
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Hermione Norris and Jim Norton are the readers exploring an age-old relationship.
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Poetry, prose and music exploring the relationship between humans and animals.
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Sequence of poetry, prose and music on the relationship between man, nature and machines.
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Peter Capaldi and Emily Bruni read poetry and prose on the theme of music.
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Words and music on the theme of May Day. Readers: Sarah Alexander and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
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Saskia Reeves and Alex Jennings read works by Larkin, Carroll and Carol Ann Duffy.
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Edward Bennett reads from Mendelssohn's letters about the composer's travels in Europe.
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Texts and music focusing on miniatures, with readings by John Rowe and Lia Williams.
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Texts and music on the theme of monarchs. Readings by Samantha Bond and Simon Chandler.
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Music and poems on the theme of monsters read by Don Warrington and Carolyn Pickles.
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Poetry, prose and music about the moon. Readers: Art Malik and Alexandra Gilbreath.
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Texts and music focusing on writers inspired by Mozart to a new creativity of their own.
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A selection of words and music on a theme of the planet, from WH Auden and Mahler.
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Music and poetry set in provincial France. Readings by Jonathan Firth and Haydn Gwynne.
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A journey to Russia, as imagined by poets and musicians: natives, exiles and foreigners.
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Poetry, prose and music on a Scottish theme. The readers are Jimmy Yuill and Stella Gonet.
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The number seven provides the theme for a programme of words interspersed with music.
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Poetry and music on the theme of sleep, including music by Strauss and poetry by Keats.
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Poetry, prose and music exploring the emotion and experience of being alone.
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Lorcan Cranitch and Orla Charlton with readings evoking the Irish landscape.
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Mackenzie Crook and Jason Isaacs explore male fragility in Russian literature.
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With readings of works on the theme of space by Whitman, Wordsworth and Douglas Adams.
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Music and poems on the theme of sport read by Angela Wynter and Ioan Meredith.
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Emilia Fox & Richard Armitage read poetry & prose on the theme of a 'Symphony of a City'.
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Poetry, prose and music examining our attitudes to what we wear.
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Texts and music inspired by rivers, with readings by Juliet Stevenson and Jamie Glover.
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Texts and music on the theme of the afterlife. Readings by Sophie Okonedo and Paul Copley.
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Writings on melancholy by Robert Burton, Keats and Gray, plus music by Dowland and Purcell
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A sequence of poetry, prose and music focusing on the story of Noah and the Ark.
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Texts and music about the art of friendship. Readers are Robert Lindsay and Diana Quick.
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Ruth Padel and Henry Goodman read prose and verse exploring the idea of the Ascent of Man.
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Sarah Lancashire and Paul Copley read works about the experience of going to school.
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A sequence of poetry, prose and music centring on altered states and visions.
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A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the world of ghostly doubles.
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Poetry and music in the fairy tradition. Readings from Stella Gonet and Robert Glenister.
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Belinda Lang and David Bamber read poems on the theme of houses and homes.
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Readings of works by Milton and Auden interspersed with music by Delius and Messiaen.
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A selection of poems by metaphysical poets including Donne, George Herbert and Marvell.
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Poems and music about refrain and repetition. Readings by Samuel West and Nancy Carroll.
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Poems and music by prodigies and the early work of great artists.
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Words and music about rebels, featuring readings by David Bamber and Gillian Bevan.
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Words and music relating to marriage, with readings by Jane Lapotaire and Ralf Little.
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A selection of words and music on the theme of revolution and change.
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A sequence of classical music, interspersed with poems and prose.
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Poems and music with a summer theme, with readings by Fiona Shaw and Robert Glenister.
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Poems read by Anna Maxwell Martin and John Rowe plus music, all on the theme of the body.
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A sequence of music, poetry and prose celebrating the landscape of southern England.
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Dominic West and Samantha Morton read poetry on the theme of the spirit world.
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Words and music about hunting and chasing. Readings by Nicholas Farrell, Deborah Finlay.
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Rufus Sewell and Indira Varma read texts by Hardy and Masefield. With music by Birtwistle.
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Andrew Lincoln and Emma Fielding with a selection of poetry on the changing seasons.
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A reading of poetry accompanied by the music of Dvorak, Adams, Bernstein and others.
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Derek Jacobi and Lesley Manville with readings about mirrors and reflections.
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A theme about the journey of man and the vision of eternal life.
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Diana Rigg and Samuel West read a selection of poetry on the theme of music.
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In a celebration of the work of Tennyson, readings and music on the theme of destiny.
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Texts and music about travellers, with readings by Stella Gonet and Nicholas Farrell.
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William Hope and Yolanda Vasquez read poetry and prose on the theme of Two Americas.
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Villainy is reflected in music by Mozart and Bartok, and poems by Oscar Wilde and Shelley.
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A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of walking.
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The struggle between conflict and concord, with poems by John Milton and Wilfred Owen.
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Don Warrington and Deborah Findlay read poetry and prose on the theme of the warrior.
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With readings from MacNeice, Steinbeck and Orwell, and music by Britten, Barber and Bartok
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Harriet Walter and Robert Glenister read words on a theme of work and toil, set to music.
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The beguiling and bewildering forest, found in readings and music by Wagner and Schubert.
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Music and poems on the theme of winter read by Struan Rodger and Cheryl Campbell.
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Texts and music about witches and sorcerers. Readings by Juliet Stevenson, Henry Goodman.
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A programme of words and music spanning the turbulent period of Purcell's lifetime.
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Poems and music on the theme of youth, with readings by Hattie Morahan and Samuel West.