Classical music
Sunday Feature. Hidden Women and Silenced Scores. Audio, 44 minutes
Leah Broad uncovers the sometimes shocking stories of three marginalised female composers.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Dancing about Architecture. Audio, 29 minutes
Is writing about music really like dancing about architecture?
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Teatro San Cassiano: Turning the impossible dream into reality. Audio, 29 minutes
One man's quest to bring back the world’s first public opera theatre, after 200 years.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted14 January 2022
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- Posted11 January 2022
Sunday Feature. Breaking the Ice. Audio, 14 minutes
Seán Williams glides through a brief history of lake skating.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. Healing Hertz. Audio, 29 minutes
Hannah Catherine Jones explores why everyone tunes to the standard frequency of 440Hz.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Profile. Oksana Lyniv. Audio, 14 minutes
Mark Coles looks at the life and career of the Ukrainian conductor who's making history.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Tchaikovsky's Island of Inspiration. Audio, 44 minutes
How a trip to a remote island monastery inspired Pyotr Tchaikovsky's First Symphony.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Making Overtures. Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service explores the rise and fall of the musical curtain-raiser.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Aida at 150. Audio, 44 minutes
Flora Willson tells the story of Verdi's operatic masterpiece from an Egyptian lens.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted25 December 2021
Heart and Soul. Andrea Bocelli: Faith and music. Audio, 27 minutes
Colm Flynn speaks to the multi-award winning Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
This Cultural Life. Víkingur Ólafsson. Audio, 42 minutes
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson reveals the creative turning points of his life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted14 December 2021
The Listening Service. Handel's Messiah: Hallelujah! Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service lifts the lid on Handel's Messiah.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Playing at sight and playing from memory. Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service flexes his musical memory muscles whilst also improving his sight reading.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted6 December 2021
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- Posted2 December 2021
Slow Radio. Sounds of the Earth - November. Audio, 26 minutes
Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from Scotland to Thailand.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- AttributionBBC
Philip Glass Concert: Live at the Barbican. Video, 119 minutes
The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs three works by American composer Philip Glass. (2001)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
