The Essay

Mamoru Samuragochi

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

Joyce Hatto

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

The Lost Haydn Sonatas

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

Albinoni's Adagio

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

Fritz Kreisler

Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.

Daniel Browning - Out of Place

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

Luka Lesson - Two Villages

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

Farz Edraki - The Other Mother

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

Sara Saleh - From Povo to Poet

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

Brendan Cowell - Storage

Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.

5. Rebecca Toal and Hattie Butterworth

Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their careers after injury or illness.

4. Ludwig Quandt

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

3. Robin Graham

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

2. Stephen Marquiss

Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.

1. Julian Lloyd Webber

Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their lives and careers after injury.

Chorus girls in Paris

Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.

Esther Inglis's musical self portraits

Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.

The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists

Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.

Tudor music and politics

Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.

Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem

Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens

20/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman meets Simon Callow, who first played Mozart in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.

19/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman discovers Mark-Anthony Turnage's take on Mozart and composer rivalries.

18/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman discovers Dame Jane Glover's reactions to Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.

17/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman explores what it's really like to be a musical prodigy with Vanessa-Mae.

16/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman asks Patrick Mackie what Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' reveals about Mozart.

Night

Join Izabela Dłuzyk on her sound adventures at night in the forests of eastern Poland.

Trees

A deep listening experience in the wild places of Poland, recorded by Izabela Dłuzyk.

Thrush Nightingales

Adventures in sound with Polish nature recordist Izabela Dłuzyk.

Harmonies

Sound journeys into Poland's wild forests and marshes.

Dawn

An adventure in nature recording with Izabela Dłuzyk.