Classical music
The next big stars of classical music? Video, 00:02:43
Are these teenagers the next big stars of classical music?
- AttributionBBC
- Posted11 May 2018
The Essay. Migrants, Obsession. Audio, 14 minutes
Birdwatcher Tom McKinney reads Obsession, the final essay in his series on bird migration.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. The Sea. Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service explores why and how the sea captures the imaginations of so many musicians.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. My Life in Music, Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio. Audio, 14 minutes
Composer Sally Beamish remembers her mother's love of Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted3 May 2018
Classical musicians feel the pinch. Video, 00:02:34
Classical musicians feel the pinch
- AttributionBBC
- Posted3 May 2018
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- Posted3 May 2018
The Essay. My Life in Music, The Silver Swan. Audio, 15 minutes
Oboist George Caird wonders if he has the courage for a swan song of his own.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 May 2018
The Listening Service. How does video game music work? Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service looks to discover the secrets behind our favourite video game music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Is Music a Universal Language? Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service asks whether music really is a universal language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Secret Admirers: Kate Molleson on Eliane Radigue. Audio, 14 minutes
Celebrating the French composer and her inspirational long-form sense of perspective.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Secret Admirers, Kate Molleson on Eliane Radigue. Audio, 14 minutes
Radio 3 presenter Kate Molleson celebrates French composer Eliane Radigue.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted19 April 2018
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- Posted19 April 2018
The Essay. Secret Admirers: Andrew McGregor on Thomas Tallis. Audio, 14 minutes
Reflections on the powerful Lamentations of English composer Thomas Tallis.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Secret Admirers, Andrew McGregor on Thomas Tallis. Audio, 14 minutes
Radio 3 presenter Andrew McGregor celebrates Thomas Tallis's powerful Lamentations.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Meet the disability-led ensemble Resound. Video, 00:03:06
Meet the disability-led ensemble Resound
- AttributionBBC
- Posted18 April 2018
The Essay. Secret Admirers: Kathryn Tickell on Percy Grainger. Audio, 14 minutes
Folk musician Kathryn Tickell celebrates the Australian-American folksong fanatic.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Secret Admirers, Kathryn Tickell on Percy Grainger. Audio, 14 minutes
Radio 3 presenter Kathryn Tickell celebrates composer and folksong fanatic Percy Grainger.
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- Available for over a year
The Essay. Secret Admirers: Tom McKinney on Olivier Messiaen. Audio, 14 minutes
Celebrating the birdsong-inspired music of the 20th-century French composer, Messiaen.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Secret Admirers, Tom McKinney on Olivier Messiaen. Audio, 14 minutes
Radio 3 presenter Tom McKinney celebrates French composer Olivier Messiaen.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Voices of... Series 3, Claron McFadden. Audio, 30 minutes
Amsterdam-based American soprano Claron McFadden on the life she has shared with her voice
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year