麻豆约拍

Books of the Year, 2001

Recommendations from Doris Lessing, Sarah Paretski and James Lovelock

• 24 mins

The Art of Conducting: Part 2

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

• 24 mins

Steven Spielberg

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

• 23 mins

Artist Alison Britton

How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥� such as clay. Presented by Michael Rosen

• 24 mins

Sculptor Sir Anthony Caro

How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥� such as steel. Presented by Michael Rosen

• 24 mins

John Berger interview

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

• 24 mins

Artist Tessa Clegg

How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥� in their work, such as glass. Presented by Michael Rosen

• 24 mins

The Palace of Versailles

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

• 24 mins

Kazakh National Academy of Music

The instruments of Kazakhstan and the people who play them

• 22 mins

Jonathan Franzen interview

The American writer talks about his novel Corrections

• 24 mins

Vladimir Ashkenazy interview

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

• 24 mins

Bahaa Taher interview

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

• 23 mins

Puccini's Tosca

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

• 23 mins

Zadok the Priest

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

• 23 mins

John Adams interview

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

• 24 mins

Ivan Vladislavic interview

The South African storyteller talks about his novel The Restless Supermarket

• 24 mins

Agatha Christie鈥檚 The Mousetrap

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

• 24 mins

Maxim Vengerov

The life and work of Alexandrovich Vengerov, the Israeli violinist

• 24 mins

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Magnus Lindberg interview

The Finnish composers talk about their remarkable musical partnership

• 26 mins

Glenn Miller's In The Mood

A celebration of the American big band leader鈥檚 1940 hit

• 23 mins

Ralph Vaughan Williams鈥� The Lark Ascending

A celebration of the English composer鈥檚 pastoral masterpiece

• 24 mins

Chenjerai Hove interview

The Zimbabwean writer talks about his latest novel Ancestors

• 24 mins

Bunmi Oyinsan interview

The Nigerian writer talks about her work, which ranges from novels to dramas for TV

• 24 mins

The American contralto Marian Anderson

A centenary tribute to one of the most remarkable singers of the 20th century

• 24 mins

JG Ballard interview

The British author talks about his unsettling fiction from his suburban London home.

• 24 mins

The Diwan bookstore, Cairo

An interview with the co-founder of the bookstore and cultural space in Cairo, Egypt

• 23 mins

麻豆约拍 Radio 3 World Music awards

How do you define world music?

• 24 mins

Michael Holroyd interview

The celebrated British biographer talks about the craft of biography and its origins

• 24 mins

Joseph Conrad鈥檚 Heart of Darkness

How Joseph Conrad鈥檚 masterpiece was a response to real events in the Congo of the 1880s

• 24 mins

Van Gogh鈥檚 Sunflowers

What makes Vincent Van Gogh鈥檚 much-loved still life a masterpiece?

• 23 mins