Joanna Lumley & The Maestro

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Anthems

Love them or hate them, everyone has one. In this episode, we’re discussing National Anthems. In Japan they sing of generations reigning eight thousand years. The French sing of slaughtering enemies until their ‘blood should water our fields’ and in New Zealand they celebrate ‘the hairy man who summons the sun and makes it shine’. Joanna and Stephen reveal the stories behind these bombastic pieces of music.

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  Rob Brydon: Springsteen, Miles Davis and paying homage to The King

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  Bonus Brydon: Mashups, Richard Burton and 'The Swinging Doors'

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  Rule Breakers: Gesualdo, Beethoven and Stravinsky

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  Unsung Heroes: Charles Koechlin and Magic of The Jungle Book

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  Aled Jones: Teenage Choirs, Richard Branston and the Music of Everything

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  Unsung Heroes: Lili Boulanger, Prodigy meets Tragedy

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  Stephen Fry and the Virtuosity of Classical Music

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  Great Conductors, Musical Signatures and Whizz Kids

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  Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan on the making of 'Maestro'

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  Child Prodigies, The Jocundity of Rossini and The Big Snare Drum

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  Bonus Christmas Ken Bruce

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  Merry Christmas From Joanna & the Maestro

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  Concerts, Carols & All Things Christmas

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  Anna Lapwood: Bach, Lutosławski & The Ministry of Sound

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  Bonus Stephen Fry: The Audience, Artificial Intelligence and a very un-Hol…

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  The Glorious British Brass Band