January 1, 2001
Lyrics of contemporary songwriters
January 8, 2001
Letters of Emily Dickinson to her mentor Thomas Higginson
January 15, 2001
Lyrics by 14th century composer Guillaume de Machaut
January 22, 2001
Life and poetry of Alexander Pushkin
January 29, 2001
Letters written by Claude Debussy and letters of Zelda Fitzgerald
February 5, 2001
Valentine's Day program
February 12, 2001
Amusing observations about love
February 19, 2001
Poetry of Alter Esselin
February 26, 2001
Romance in the life of Felix Mendelssohn
May 7, 2001 Mother's Day Special
May 14, 2001 A program of listener submissions
May 21, 2001 Letters of the American Civil War
May 28, 2001 A love letter from Jenny von Westphalen to Karl Marx
June 4, 2001 Letters between husbands and wives featuring guest Frederica von Stade
June 11, 2001 The life of Queen Elizabeth I
June 18, 2001 Songs of the Earth
June 25, 2001 Romantic poetry read by Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Renée Fleming
July 2, 2001 The romance and mystery of Asia
July 9, 2001 Letters from John Keats to Fanny Brawne
July 16, 2001 Poetry of Rabindranath Tagore
July 23, 2001 Poetry of Karl Marx, written to Jenny von Westphalen
July 30, 2001 Letters of Felicien Rops and poetry of Charles Baudelaire
August 5, 2001Brahms correspondence with Clara Schumann
August 13, 2001Letters of Vassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter
August 20, 2001Mystical poetry read by Philip Glass and Dennis Russell Davies
August 27, 2001Romantic lyrics of contemporary country music artists
September 3, 2001Early romantic life of Chopin
September 10, 2001Poetic reflections on immortality
September 17, 2001-This show was a rerun due to terrorist attacks
September 24, 2001 Romance of contemporary Americam lyrics
October 1, 2001 Listener submissions
October 8, 2001 Reflections on childhood and adulthood through poetry of Peter Handke and Wordsworth
October 15, 2001 Letters from Leos Janacek to Kamila Stösslova
October 22, 2001 Diaries of Alma Schindler, Part 3
October 29, 2001 Poetry of Sappho
November 5, 2001 writings about The Sea
November 12, 2001 life of soprano Maria Malibran
November 19, 2001 poetry of Walt Whitman for Thanksgiving week
November 26, 2001 life of Isadora Duncan
December 3, 2001 Shakespeare on Love
December 10, 2001 Love letters of famous writers
December 17, 2001 Thoughts of Christmas and poetry for children
December 24, 2001 More love letters of famous writers