Classical music
- Attribution
- Posted8 March 2021
The Essay. Shakespeare's Sisters, Maria Anna Mozart. Audio, 14 minutes
Lucy Powell explores what happened to 'Nannerl' Mozart.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Unavailable
Slow Radio. Sounds of the Earth - February. Audio, 24 minutes
Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from Australia to Yorkshire.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Classical Commonwealth, Part 1. Audio, 44 minutes
Errollyn Wallen unravels the story of classical music across the British Commonwealth.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Classical Commonwealth, Part 1. Audio, 44 minutes
Errollyn Wallen unravels the story of classical music across the British Commonwealth.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. The Feasibility of Studies. Audio, 30 minutes
How was the humdrum study transformed by great composers into miniature masterpieces?
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Science Notes, Wind. Audio, 14 minutes
James Burke leads us via steam engines and iron coffins to the modern orchestra.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Science Notes, Ivories. Audio, 14 minutes
James Burke touches on pine trees, chintz, bowler hats – and ends up on the ivories.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Science Notes, Impression. Audio, 14 minutes
James Burke connects Italian electricity to Debussy via a baron's seances and your fridge.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Science Notes, Romance. Audio, 14 minutes
James Burke links planetary orbits, the teeny-weeny and fake Scottish literature.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Science Notes, Enlighten. Audio, 14 minutes
Broadcaster James Burke links organisms that might not exist to a freemason’s opera.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. John Foulds - Life, Death and Resurrection. Audio, 44 minutes
Simon Heffer explores the innovative world of John Foulds, a forgotten genius.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Musical Signatures. Audio, 30 minutes
What gives away a composer's personal style? How can we spot their musical signatures?
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Behind the Scenes. Joyce DiDonato. Audio, 28 minutes
The superstar American mezzo soprano on her life, lockdown and being a diva activist.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Dream Teams. Audio, 30 minutes
Tom Service explores musical collaborations.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted11 January 2021
- Attribution
- Posted29 December 2020
- Attribution
- Posted28 December 2020
The Listening Service. What if...? Tom's Marvellous Musical Multiverse. Audio, 30 minutes
Tom Service laments and consoles with some of the great 'what ifs' of music history.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted25 December 2020
