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Meridian Episodes

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    Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

    What is the secret behind the longest running play in the world?

  2. Ivan Vladislavic interview

    The South African storyteller talks about his novel The Restless Supermarket

  3. John Adams interview

    The American composer talks about his controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer

  4. Zadok the Priest

    An examination of Handel’s coronation anthem by the singers who have performed it

  5. Puccini's Tosca

    A review of a new film of the Italian opera, starring Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu

  6. Bahaa Taher interview

    The Egyptian novelist talks about his novel Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery

  7. Vladimir Ashkenazy interview

    The life and work of the Russian born conductor and virtuoso pianist

  8. Jonathan Franzen interview

    The American writer talks about his novel Corrections

  9. Kazakh National Academy of Music

    The instruments of Kazakhstan and the people who play them

  10. The Palace of Versailles

    How music was at the heart of the royal chateau’s life under Louis XIV

  11. Artist Tessa Clegg

    How artists use β€˜everyday stuff’ in their work, such as glass. Presented by Michael Rosen

  12. John Berger interview

    The British novelist, painter and poet talks after celebrating his 75th birthday

  13. Sculptor Sir Anthony Caro

    How artists use β€˜everyday stuff’ such as steel. Presented by Michael Rosen

  14. Artist Alison Britton

    How artists use β€˜everyday stuff’ such as clay. Presented by Michael Rosen

  15. Steven Spielberg

    A profile of the American film director on the release of AI Artificial Intelligence

  16. The Art of Conducting: Part 2

    How the conductor has changed over the last one hundred years and what the future might hold.

  17. Books of the Year, 2001

    Recommendations from Doris Lessing, Sarah Paretski and James Lovelock

  18. Sculptor David Nash

    How artists use β€˜everyday stuff’ such as wood. Presented by Michael Rosen

  19. August Wilson interview

    The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright talks about his drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  20. Ama Ata Aidoo interview

    The Ghanaian writer talks about her work, including the novel Changes

  21. Sculptor Glynn Williams

    How artists use β€˜everyday stuff’ such as stone. Presented by Michael Rosen

  22. Mitsuko Uchida interview

    β€œThe piano can do everything!” The Japanese pianist talks about her instrument

  23. William Faulkner

    A profile of the writer who defined how we see the American South

  24. The Lord of the Rings

    Exploring the Middle Earth trilogy, including an archive interview with JRR Tolkien

  25. The intepretation of conducting

    An opportunity to hear conducting giants of the past during their rehearsal process

  26. Flannery O'Connor

    The life and work of the writer from the American South

  27. The Art of Conducting: Part 1

    When and why conducting as we know it began. A history up to the 20th century

  28. Opera in Latin America

    Exploring the region’s rich operatic tradition and talent – and its uncertain future

  29. The Catcher in the Rye

    JD Salinger’s revolutionary novel discussed by writers, including Kurt Vonnegut

  30. Lyric Opera of Chicago

    How the opera has become one of America’s most respected and successful companies

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