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| Sara presents an uplifting selection of music, from Milhaud's swinging Scaramouche for saxophone and orchestra to a new CD of Tone Poems by Arnold Bax. | |
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| With Sarah Walker.10.00am | |
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| Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) | |
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| Highlights of this year's St Magnus Festival in Orkney, recorded in the small church of St Magnus in Birsay. | |
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| Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan. | |
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| Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. | |
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| Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) | |
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| Direct from St Paul's Cathedral, Petroc Trelawny presents a performance of Mahler's Symphony No 8, given as part of the London Symphony Orchestra's complete cycle of the composer's symphonies. | |
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| Rana Mitter and guests discuss Channel 4's film The Qur'an, in which Anthony Thomas follows those who live by the holy book, from Ayatollahs to farmers and from women in political power to others in veiled seclusion. He talks to those for whom the Qur'an is the embodiment of peace and understanding and others who use it as a justification for violence and even suicide bombing. | |
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| Featuring tenor Ian Partridge, who is heard in clips from Handel's Alexander's Feast, as well as a selection of Schubert songs from the BBC archives. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. | |
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| Series exploring the life, work and teaching method of the Athenian philosopher Plato. | |
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| Verity Sharp introduces a 16th-century Spanish motet by Diego Ortiz, the 21st-century Liquid Air by Meredith Monk and the timeless sounds of the New Zealand Dusky Dolphin. | |
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| With Jonathan Swain.1.00am | |
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| With Jonathan Swain.5.00am | |
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