Classical music
It was the only way to save my family. Newsday. Audio, 00:03:06
Raghad Haddad was touring the UK when IS arrived in her home town
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted2 March 2018
Behind the Scenes. Series 2, Joanna MacGregor. Audio, 30 minutes
A year in the kaleidoscopic working life of the celebrated pianist Joanna MacGregor.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Sonata Form - or There and Back Again. Audio, 29 minutes
In this edition of The Listening Service, Tom Service tells stories in sonata form.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted1 February 2018
Behind the Scenes. Series 2, Marin Alsop. Audio, 42 minutes
We meet Marin Alsop, conductor of the BSO, who believes music can deliver social change.
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- Available for over a year
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- Posted26 January 2018
Do black children shy away from classical music? Newsday. Audio, 00:04:39
A black cellist wants to prove that classical musical is not elitist
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted15 January 2018
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- Posted10 January 2018
The Essay. Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass, Wigmore Hall. Audio, 15 minutes
Pianist Stephen Hough on Wigmore Hall and how its 'shoebox' design catches the ear.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Thinking Allowed. Working-class actors, Class and classical music. Audio, 28 minutes
Working-class actors, Class and classical music.
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- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. The Joy of Bach. Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service celebrates The Joy of Bach.
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- Available for over a year
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- Posted23 December 2017
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- Posted22 December 2017
In the Studio. Elijah Moshinsky: Rebellious director of opera. Audio, 27 minutes
Masterminding Verdi’s Macbeth feels like a ‘forensic examination of evil’
- AttributionBBC World Service
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- Posted8 December 2017
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- Posted6 December 2017
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- Posted7 December 2017
The Listening Service. Mahler. Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service discovers how Mahler was the first 'non-classical' classical composer.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Pranked! Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service on the motivation and aesthetic value of musical hoaxes.
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- Available for over a year
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- Posted10 November 2017
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- Posted9 November 2017
The Essay. Ten Artists that Shook the World, 3 Nijinsky. Audio, 15 minutes
Former ballerina Deborah Bull on Nijinsky and the impact of his ballet The Rite of Spring.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Shostakovich's Symphony No 15. Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service unlocks the mysteries of Shostakovich's baffling Symphony No 15.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
