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2016
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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Welsh singer Aled Jones guides us as he unfolds the dedication of Sibelius and the music of Edvard Grieg. (S.3 Ep.6) (From Australia) (Entertainment Series) G CC
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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Welsh singer Aled Jones detours to Sydney, where he goes backstage at the Sydney Opera House and meets local symphonies and orchestras. (S.3 Ep.5) (From Australia) (Entertainment Series) G CC
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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Welsh singer Aled Jones takes us cruising along The Rhine river, an area that inspired Wagner and Schumann. (From Australia) (Arts) G CC
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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Aled Jones encounters the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner all set against the scenery of the Danube River. (From Australia) (Arts) G CC
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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Welsh singer Aled Jones follows the great Danube River from Budapest in Hungary to Vienna via Bratislava. (From Australia) (Arts) G CC
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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Aled Jones explores his Welsh homeland, his musical inspirations as a child, and the life of the Welsh composer William Matthias. (S.3 Ep.1) (From Australia) (Entertainment Series) G CC
Episodes 2015
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Paris & Versailles (Saint-Saens & Bizet) - Simon Callow visits Paris, home of Charles Camille Saint-Saens and Georges Bizet. While both were child prodigies, there the similarity ends. Saint-Saens was a prolific composer, and successful from an early age. In contrast, Bizet struggled to find direction and motivation. His n...
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Moscow (Shostakovich, Prokofiev) - Simon Callow takes us on a tour of Moscow and examines the lives of some of the Russian composers who lived through the Communist era, in particular, Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev. (From Australia, in English) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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London & Cheltenham (Holst & Vaughn Williams) - Host Simon Callow takes us to Cheltenham and Down Ampney in Gloucestershire, England, the birth places of Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams. (From Australia, in English) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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Madrid & Belgrade (Albeniz, De Falla, Mokranjac) - Simon Callow takes us on a tour of Madrid and some of its notable landmarks. He also introduces us to two great Spanish composers, Isaac Albeniz and Manuel de Falla. Simon's next stop is Belgrade, a city associated with Stevan Mokranjac, a composer revered by Serbians but ...
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Rome & Naples (Respighi, Rossini) - Simon Callow shows us the amazing architecture of Italy, exploring both Rome and Naples. Ottorino Respighi came to Rome in 1913 and composed music inspired by the city's architecture and fountains. Another composer, Gioachino Rossini, wrote several masterpieces in Naples, including The B...
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Warsaw (Chopin) - Simon Callow takes us to Warsaw, the spiritual home of Chopin. He visits the Ostrogski Palace in Lazineki Park, which now houses the Chopin museum and a wealth of memorabilia including Chopin's favourite Pleyel piano. (From Australia) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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Munich and Garmisch (Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner) - Explore Europe's most spectacular cities and landscapes while luxuriating in the great classical music composed within their precincts. Today, Simon Callow explores Munich, the home of two of the most significant and influential composers, Richard Wagner and Richard S...
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Budapest (Liszt, Bartok & Kodaly) - Simon Callow visits Budapest and explores more than a thousand years of Hungarian history and the rich and diverse architecture of this magnificent city. He starts with the life and music of Franz Liszt - the great 19th century piano virtuoso and composer. He then moves on to the great 2...
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Paris (Debussy, Ravel) - In this episode, presenter Simon Callow takes us to Paris where Debussy studied and performed, and also to Montfort-l'Amaury just west of Paris, the home town of Maurice Ravel. (From Australia) (Entertainment Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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Moscow & Switzerland (Rachmaninov) - Simon Callow visits Moscow, home of Sergei Rachmaninov who's regarded as the greatest pianist of the 20th century, one of the greatest conductors and one of the most loved of all composers. Later, he travels to Switzerland to visit Rachmaninov's house on Lake Lucerne. (From Australia) (...
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London and Dublin (Handel) - Explore Europe's most spectacular cities and landscapes while luxuriating in the great classical music composed within their precincts. Presented by renowned actor, writer and classical music specialist Simon Callow. (From Australia, in English) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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Worchester & Aldeburgh - Renowned actor, writer and classical music specialist Simon Callow talks about the lives and work of Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten. (From Australia, in English) (Entertainment Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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St Petersburg - British actor and music expert Simon Callow returns to St Petersburg to review some significant figures in its history: Pushkin, Catherine the Great and Rasputin. Features the music of the composers Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. (From Australia) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC
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London and Halle (Handel) - Explore Europe's most spectacular cities and landscapes while listening to the great classical music composed within their precincts. Today, presenter Simon Callow takes us to Halle in Germany where Handel was born, and on to London, his adopted home. (From Australia) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) ...
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