German classical composers
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Frederick the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frederick II, king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.
2 July 2015
Featuring: Tim Blanning, Katrin Kohl, Thomas Biskup
History18th-century German composersGerman opera librettistsGerman military writersGerman male classical composersRoyal reburials18th-century male musiciansGerman critics of ChristianityGerman classical composersGerman FreemasonsWriters from BerlinPeople of the Age of Enlightenment18th-century classical composersPeople of the Silesian Wars18th-century German LGBTQ people18th-century art collectors, German art collectors, People of the War of the Bavarian Succession, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)Hildegard of Bingen
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval mystic, composer and writer Hildegard of Bingen.
26 June 2014
Featuring: Miri Rubin, William Flynn, Almut Suerbaum
HistoryMedieval Latin-language poetsWomen religious writersCatholic philosophersManuscript illuminatorsDoctors of the ChurchAnglican saintsCreators of writing systemsGerman classical composersRoman Catholic mysticsWomen mystics12th-century writers in LatinBenedictine philosophersHerbalistsGerman women philosophersAngelic visionariesMystic poets12th-century Christian saintsPre-Reformation Anglican saintsWilliam and Caroline Herschel
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering brother and sister who, between them, discovered Uranus, comets, double stars and infrared light at the end of the 18th century.
11 November 2021
Featuring: Monica Grady, Carolin Crawford, Jim Bennett
ScienceFellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences18th-century German composersFellows of the Royal SocietyBritish scientific instrument makersGerman male classical composersClassical-period composers18th-century German astronomers19th-century German male musiciansHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesGerman classical composersGerman LutheransMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences18th-century classical composers18th-century keyboardistsRecipients of the Copley Medal