Episodes

  • Lyrics from the Chinese-Helen Waddell

    Lyrics from the Chinese-Helen Waddell
    Sep 7 2026
    Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations. The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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    42 mins
  • Sermons for all the Sundays in the year (Sermons XXVI - XLIII)-St. Alphonsus Liguori

    Sermons for all the Sundays in the year (Sermons XXVI - XLIII)-St. Alphonsus Liguori
    Sep 6 2026
    Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations. The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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    5 hrs and 29 mins
  • Poems of William Blake-William Blake

    Poems of William Blake-William Blake
    Sep 5 2026
    Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations. The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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    55 mins
  • H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor-W. S. Gilbert

    H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor-W. S. Gilbert
    Sep 4 2026
    Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations. The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • They Flee From Me and other poems-Thomas Wyatt

    They Flee From Me and other poems-Thomas Wyatt
    Sep 3 2026
    Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations. The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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    42 mins
  • Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick-Robert Herrick

    Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick-Robert Herrick
    Sep 2 2026
    Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations. The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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    4 hrs and 10 mins
  • To The Rural Muse and Other Poems-John Clare

    To The Rural Muse and Other Poems-John Clare
    Sep 1 2026
    Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations. The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Dirge of the Sea-Children, and Other Poems-Kenneth Rand

    Dirge of the Sea-Children, and Other Poems-Kenneth Rand
    Aug 31 2026
    Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations. The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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    2 hrs and 27 mins