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Unsung Heroes

5. What makes a good libretto?

Stephen Wyatt champions the importance of the librettist's role in opera and musicals.

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Music in Bloom

Good vibrations

Can music help plants to grow?

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Music in Bloom

Stylistic similarities

Are there stylistic similarities between classical music and gardens through the ages?

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Seeds of inspiration

How have composers been inspired by gardens across the centuries?

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Music in Bloom

Musical gardens

How have gardens shaped musical productions and projects?

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Cultivate wellbeing

Are music and gardens good for your health and wellbeing?

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Fibonacci

Why are musicians, gardeners, and indeed everyone, drawn to a series of numbers?

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Restoration

Katie Derham meets people bringing Elizabethan gardens and Elizabethan music to life.

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Penderecki

Composer Penderecki was a giant of Polish music - and a keen horticulturalist.

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Community

Not everyone has access to a garden or to classical music - why does that matter?

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Music in Bloom

Lost and Found

Uncovering the links between a lost garden and unearthing Cornish folk music.

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Uchronias

The Sensible Thing Was to Kill Him

Five startling counterfactual histories of the lives of much-loved composers.

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Uchronias

The Sibelius Report

Five startling counterfactual histories of the lives of much-loved composers.

• 14 mins

Uchronias

Stravinsky Goes Pop

Five startling counterfactual histories of the lives of much-loved composers.

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Uchronias

Must It Be So?

Five startling counterfactual histories of the lives of much-loved composers.

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Uchronias

Satie's Aleph

Five startling counterfactual histories of the lives of much-loved composers.

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Under the Influence

Jon Boden

Jon Boden on the influence of apocalyptic science-fiction on him as a folk singer.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

The Entrepreneur

Philip Roscoe asks whether our expectations of the lone entrepreneur are unrealistic.

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Under the Influence

Emma Rice

Emma Rice reveals the influences that stamp her work as a theatre director.

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New Generation Thinkers

Parallels and Paradoxes

Shahidha Bari examines the ideas behind the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

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Under the Influence

Shobana Jeyasingh

Shobana Jeyasingh on how different dance traditions inform her choreography.

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New Generation Thinkers

Light in the Dark

Alexandra Harris explores the history of artificial light through literary sources.

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Under the Influence

Tom Hunter

Photographer and artist Tom Hunter on the impact that Vermeer has had on his work.

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New Generation Thinkers

Looking beyond the Dead

Zoe Norridge ask why photos of Africa fix perceptions of the continent at its worst times.

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Under the Influence

Kei Miller

Indian-born choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh reflects on the influences shaping her dances.

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New Generation Thinkers

The Canon of Comics

Jon Adams compares the work of modern comic book enthusiasts to ancient biblical scholars.

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