<description>&lt;p&gt;David Owen Norris looks at why Bechstein Hall was forced to change it's name&lt;/p&gt;</description>

David Owen Norris looks at why Bechstein Hall was forced to change it's name

David Owen Norris looks at why Bechstein Hall was forced to change it's name

Musical Stories - Bechstein Hall

<description>&lt;p&gt;Maria Margaronis explores the legacy of Gavrilo Princip, the Bosnian Serb whose shots sparked the Great War. His deeds, memory and legacy remain contested in the Balkans and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Maria Margaronis probes the Archduke’s assassin, Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip's, legacy. 

Maria Margaronis explores the legacy of Gavrilo Princip, the Bosnian Serb whose shots sparked the Great War. His deeds, memory and legacy remain contested in the Balkans and beyond.

Gavrilo Princip's Footprints

<description>&lt;p&gt;Emma Jane Kirby considers the idea of London presenting to both the wider world and Britons themselves in 1914. And she assesses how far these attitudes still resonate today.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

 Emma Jane Kirby considers the idea of London presenting to the wider world in 1914.

Emma Jane Kirby considers the idea of London presenting to both the wider world and Britons themselves in 1914. And she assesses how far these attitudes still resonate today.

The Essay - Music on the Brink: London

<description>&lt;p&gt;Tom Service takes a litmus test of the classical music goings-on in London in 1914 and finds Modernist Moments by native composers thin on the ground. Two songs by Frank Bridge, Where She Lies Asleep, and Love Went a-riding, written that year, tell the story.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

 Tom Service takes a litmus test of the classical music goings-on in London in 1914.

Tom Service takes a litmus test of the classical music goings-on in London in 1914 and finds Modernist Moments by native composers thin on the ground. Two songs by Frank Bridge, Where She Lies Asleep, and Love Went a-riding, written that year, tell the story.

Modernist Moments - London

<description>&lt;p&gt;Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard from London just before WW1, where Vaughan Williams seems to have caught the imagination of the city. Written by Dr Kate Kennedy&lt;/p&gt;</description>

 Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard from London just before WW1.

Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard from London just before WW1, where Vaughan Williams seems to have caught the imagination of the city. Written by Dr Kate Kennedy

Postcard from London

Highlights of BBC Radio 3’s special programmes to mark the WW1 centenary. Classical music, art, literature, film, popular songs and cultural life inspired by the war.

Music and Culture of WW1

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