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Sunday Morning Episodes

  1. Celebrations

    Iain is joined by guests including Nicholas Hytner and Douglas Boyd.

  2. Baltic Christmas

    Iain takes a musical tour of the Baltic, with stops in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland.

  3. Love and Loss

    Iain explores love and loss, with musical examples from Brahms, Britten and Alma Mahler.

  4. Religion in Music

    Iain explores the point where heaven and earth meet in works by Beethoven and Stravinsky.

  5. Late and Last Works

    Mary explores swansongs, posthumous discoveries and unfinished sketches.

  6. Craft

    Mary King sits in for Iain Burnside and considers how composers have depicted craft.

  7. Australia

    Iain explores Australian music, from ancient songlines to Percy Grainger.

  8. Remembrance

    Iain presents music about war, by Stravinsky, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Milhaud.

  9. Birmingham's musical tradition

    Iain and CBSO chief executive Stephen Maddock consider Birmingham's musical tradition.

  10. Gods and Antiquities

    Iain considers ancient mythology's link to music, including Debussy, Britten and Barber.

  11. Odessa 19/10/2008

    Iain tries to discover why the city of Odessa has produced so many great musicians.

  12. 12/10/2008

    Iain Burnside looks at music and sport and considers how they compare and contrast.

  13. Teachers

    Iain Burnside contemplates some great musicians as teachers and pupils.

  14. 28/09/2008

    Iain looks inside the melting pot of musical America with British composer Tarik O'Regan.

  15. 21/09/2008

    Iain asks if where we listen to music might have an effect on the way we hear it.

  16. 14/09/2008

    Iain focuses on the music of Bohemia, introducing pieces by Dvorak, Smetana and Janacek.

  17. 07/09/2008

    Iain focuses on musical heroines and is joined by Peggy Reynolds to talk about hers.

  18. 31/08/2008

    Iain considers ideas of light and dark, and how composers have responded to these.

  19. Festivals

    Mary King sits in for Iain Burnside and looks at music festivals and their musicians.

  20. Mary King - Music about Town and Country

    Mary King sits in for Iain and explores music comparing the ideas of town and country.

  21. 10/08/2008

    Mary King sits in for Iain Burnside and explores the world of left-handed musicians.

  22. Rivers, lakes and seas

    Mary King sits in for Iain Burnside. Music by Ravel, Barber, Mendelssohn, Liadov, Elgar.

  23. 27/07/2008

    Iain looks at contraptions composers have invented to enliven their sound palettes.

  24. 20/07/2008

    Iain considers the relationship between politics and music. Including music by Ligeti.

  25. Death

    Iain looks at the influence of death and bereavement on composers.

  26. 06/07/2008

    Music includes Busoni's All'Italia, Berlioz's Harold in Italy and Elgar's In the South.

  27. Iain Burnside - Celebrating Summer

    Including Tippet: Dances from The Midsummer Marriage and Sorabji: Transcendental Studies.

  28. 22/06/2008

    Iain considers the influence of landscape on music, focusing on Bax, Howells and Messiaen.

  29. 15/06/2008

    For a Father's Day special, Iain is joined by poet Jo Shapcott.

  30. 08/06/2008

    Iain explores the science of music, focusing on works by Borodin, Elgar and Hindemith.

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