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Welcome to Billet Doux, a show about literature and love. Listen to the greatest love letters ever composed or, if you’re so inclined, write and submit your own! If there’s something you’d like to say to that special guy or gal, don’t keep it to yourself… Send it over to billetdouxu@gmail.com and I’ll read it ON AIR for all the world to hear! Let’s relearn how to love, one letter at a time.
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Get closer to the Edinburgh International Festival with FestivalSoundBites from sinfinimusic.com. Explore the music with introductions, interviews and clips from the artists involved.
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A guide to learning and discovering new music! Join me on this journey as we find good music in whatever form it exists, and hopefully you’ll be enriched with some new musical gems!
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Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast
Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast
The UCL European Institute UCL's hub for research, collaboration and information on Europe and the European Union.
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Comedy Podcast about all things Opera...ish. Opera singers Cathy, Eimear and Niamh talk you through all the things you never really needed to know and that are definitely not in the synopsis! If you like to help us out please follow the link: https://www.patreon.com/operabluffs
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“My only lucid moments were DREAMS of MISS SMITHSON, now the DARLING of PARIS” | Hector Berlioz to Harriet Smithson
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A beautiful love story, written by Hector Berlioz for Harriet Smithson (1865). “A plan began to take shape in my mind: Harriet Smithson should hear of me! She should know that I also was an artist!” If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here ON AIR for all the world to hear, send it to me via email at billetdouxu@gmail.com. If …
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Hector Berlioz - Le Corsaire Lyon National Orchestra Leonard Slatkin, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.572886 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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“It was the flame of LUST rather than the feeling of LOVE” | Peter Abèlard and Heloïse
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A touching exchange of billets-doux between Heloïse and Peter Abèlard (12th century). “Every wife, every young girl desired you in your absence and was on fire in your presence; queens and great ladies envied me my joys and my bed”. If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here ON AIR for all the world to hear, send it to me via e…
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Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 'American': 4th movement
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Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 'American': 4th movement Vlach Quartet Prague More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.553256 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Camille Saint-Saëns - Africa Fantasie Romain Descharmes, piano Malmo Symphony Orchestra Marc Soustrot, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.573477 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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“I should LOVE her FOREVER, were it only for that!” | Thomas Jefferson to Maria Cosway
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A beautiful billet-doux sent from Thomas Jefferson to Maria Cosway (1786). “Friendship is precious not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and, thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine”. If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here ON AIR for all the world to hear, send it to …
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Franz Liszt - Years of Pilgrimage: Eclogue Jeno Jando, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550548 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel: The Roadside Fire
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel: The Roadside Fire Roderick Williams, baritone Iain Burnside, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.557643 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Felix Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
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Felix Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Oliver von Dohnanyi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550222 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Welcome to Billet Doux, a show about literature and love. On this show, dear friend–than which you’ll not find another lovelier, nor sweeter–we’ll read some of the most arrestingly beautiful love letters ever to have been penned. Letters written by, to take just a few noteworthy examples: Michelangelo, Beethoven, Elizabeth Taylor, F. Scott Fitzgera…
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Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell: Never Weather-Beaten Sail
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Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell: Never Weather-Beaten Sail Jeffrey Makinson, organ Manchester Cathedral Choir Christopher Stokes, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.572104 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this rec…
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Leopoldo de Urcullu - Introduction and Variations on the Theme from Bellini's 'Il Pirata'
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Leopoldo de Urcullu - Introduction and Variations on the Theme from Bellini's 'Il Pirata' Eugenio Tobalina, guitar More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.570715 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Henri Vieuxtemps - Variations on a Theme from Bellini's 'Il Pirata'
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Henri Vieuxtemps - Variations on a Theme from Bellini's 'Il Pirata' Reto Kuppel, violin Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra Marcus Bosch, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.573993 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this rec…
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Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Overture
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Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Overture Royal Ballet Sinfonia Andrew Penny, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.554165 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Silvius Weiss - Lute Sonata No. 28 'The Famous Pirate': Courante
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Silvius Weiss - Lute Sonata No. 28 'The Famous Pirate': Courante Robert Barto, lute More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.572219 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Giuseppe Verdi - Otello: Fuoco di Gioia Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Oliver von Dohnanyi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550241 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amaz…
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Sigismond Thalberg - Souvenir de Rigoletto de Verdi
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Sigismond Thalberg - Souvenir de Rigoletto de Verdi Francesco Nicolosi, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.555503 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Giuseppe Verdi - Jerusalem: Pas de Quatre Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Jose Serebrier, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.572818-19 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Giuseppe Verdi - Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra
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Giuseppe Verdi - Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra Patrick de Ritis, bassoon Wurzburg Philharmonic Orchestra Enrico Calesso, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.573382 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recordi…
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Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Overture Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.553089 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Triumphal March and Chorus
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Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Triumphal March and Chorus Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Oliver von Dohnanyi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.553167 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this reco…
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Gabriel Faure - Requiem: In Paradisum Lisa Beckley, soprano Oxford Schola Cantorum Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550765 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Georges Bizet - Carmen: March of the Toreadors
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Georges Bizet - Carmen: March of the Toreadors Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Anthony Bramall, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550061 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Emile Waldteufel - Soiree d'ete Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Alfred Walter, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.223441 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 Klara Kormendi, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550305 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Hector Berlioz - Summer Nights: The Spectre of the Rose
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Hector Berlioz - Summer Nights: The Spectre of the Rose Elsa Maurus, mezzo; Lille National Orchestra Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.557274 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording …
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Arthur Honegger - Summer Pastorale New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Takuo Yuasa, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.555974 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Charles Stanford - The Blue Bird Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.570227-28 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Peter Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake: Waltz Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Halasz, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.578205 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Franz Schubert - Auf dem See Johannes Kalpers, tenor Burkhard Kehring, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.554667 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Charles Griffes - The Lake at Evening Michael Lewin, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.559023 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Franz Liszt - Years of Pilgrimage: Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake)
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Franz Liszt - Years of Pilgrimage: Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake) Jeno Jando, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550548 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Anatol Liadov - The Enchanted Lake Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550328 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vespers: Bless the Lord, O My Soul
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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vespers: Bless the Lord, O My Soul Berlin Radio Chorus Robin Gritton, conductor More info about today’s track: CPO 999292-2 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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European Literary London: Journeys, Languages, Writing
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In conversation with Olivia Scher, our European Literary Map of London Writer-in-Residence Joanna Elmy and writer, artist and director, Larisa Faber Larisa Faber talk about London: journeys, languages, writing and cultures. This episode explores central themes of identity, belonging, and how London shapes and is shaped by its rich tapestry of stori…
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Party People: Candidates and Party Evolution
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Allan Sikk, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, and Philipp Köker, Lecturer Political Science at Leibniz University Hannover join ‘Talking Europe’ to discuss their new book on political parties, how they change, and what this has to do with the people who make t…
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European Literary Map: Ion Codru Drăguşanu read in Romanian by Oana Borlea-Stancioi
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European Literary Map: Ion Codru Drăguşanu read in English by Oana Borlea-Stancioi
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European Literary Map: Elif Shafak read in English by Olivia Scher
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European Literary Map: Hans Christian Andersen read in Danish by Vincent Rasmussen
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European Literary Map: Hans Christian Andersen read in English by Vincent Rasmussen
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European Literary Map: Hector Berlioz read in English by Yanis Fekar
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European Literary Map: Hector Berlioz read in French by Yanis Fekar
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European Literary Map: Susanna Alakoski read in English by Annika Lindskog
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European Literary Map: Susanna Alakoski read in Swedish by Annika Lindskog
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European Literary Map: Susanna Alakoski read in English by Annika Lindskog (East End)
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European Literary Map: Susanna Alakoski read in Swedish by Annika Lindskog (East End)
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European Literary Map: Pavel Vilikovský read in Slovak by Dr Tim Beasley-Murray
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European Literary Map: Pavel Vilikovský read in English by Dr Tim Beasley-Murray
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European Literary Map: Karel Čapek read in English by Tim Beasley-Murray
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