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Secret Admirers: Tom McKinney on Olivier Messiaen
Celebrating the birdsong-inspired music of the 20th-century French composer, Messiaen.
Penny Gore on Leoš Janáček—Secret Admirers
1/5 Radio 3 presenter Penny Gore celebrates the Czech composer Leoš Janáček.
Secret Admirers: Penny Gore on Leoš Janáček
Celebrating a composer whose music is shot through with the uncertainties of life.
One Bar Electric Memoir - 5—One Bar Electric Memoir
5/5 Artist and writer Harland Miller reveals how an eventful past has fed into his work.
Episode 4—One Bar Electric Memoir
4/5 Artist and writer Harland Miller reveals how an eventful past has fed into his work.
Episode 3—One Bar Electric Memoir
Artist and writer Harland Miller reveals how an eventful past has fed into his work..
Episode 2—One Bar Electric Memoir
2/5 Artist and writer Harland Miller reveals how an eventful past has fed into his work.
Episode 1—One Bar Electric Memoir
1/5 Artist and writer Harland Miller reveals how an eventful past has fed into his work.
Inua Ellams on Terry Pratchett—The Book that Changed Me
5/5 The poet and playwright on the fantasy comedy 'Pyramids'.
Alastair Campbell on 'Madame Bovary'—The Book that Changed Me
4/5 Tony Blair's former spokesman on how Flaubert inspired his love of French culture.
