The Essay Podcast
Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.
Episodes to download
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Shostakovich: Symphony No 5
Wed 2 Mar 2016
Stephen Johnson considers how Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 surprised it's first audience
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Byrd: Mass for Four Voices
Tue 1 Mar 2016
Stephen Johnson considers how Byrd's Mass for 4 voices was received by its first audience
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Mahler's Symphony No 8
Mon 29 Feb 2016
Stephen Johnson considers how Mahler's Symphony no 8 was received by its first audience.
Death in Trieste
A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.
Watch: My Deaf World
Five compelling experiences of what it is like to be deaf in 21st-century Britain.
The Book that Changed Me
Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.
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