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Monsters of Music with Tom Allen Episodes

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    Introducing Monsters of Music with Tom Allen

    In Monsters of Music, Tom Allen uncovers the scandalous lives of classical musicians.

  2. Debussy The Love Rat with Abi Clarke

    Claude Debussy was a love rat who left behind a trail of broken hearts and gunshot wounds.

  3. Alma Mahler The Heartbreaker with Arlene Phillips

    A composer, heartbreaker, socialite and antisemite. Who was the real Alma Mahler?

  4. Wagner’s Tainted Legacy with Frank Cottrell Boyce

    Richard Wagner was a romantic, a revolutionary and bitter antisemite.

  5. Handel The Royal Glutton with Issy Suttie

    Handel was a glutton, a royal composer and maybe a spy, but was he really a monster?

  6. The Divine Maria Callas with Arielle Free

    Maria Callas's life was as dramatic as an operatic storyline. But was she really a Diva?

  7. Franz Liszt The First Rockstar with Jack Steadman

    Liszt was a monk, a sex symbol, and a pianist who made nuns faint and forget their vows.

  8. Puccini The Mighty Hunter with Bec Hill

    Blackmail, affairs and a secret love child. Was Puccini the bad boy of the Opera world?

  9. Anton Bruckner The Corpse Chaser with Edith Bowman

    Anton Bruckner was a composer fascinated with death, religion and teenage girls.

  10. Fifty Shades of Percy Grainger with Lou Sanders

    Percy Grainger had a fetish for whips, blood-stained shirts and folk melodies.

  11. Dame Ethel Smyth The Wrecker with Laufey

    Ethel Smyth was a trailblazing composer, suffragette and no stranger to passionate affairs