Classical music

Lucie Skeaping hears music written for Pepys, played for the first time since his death.

Flora Willson traces the roots of global opera broadcasting to old New York.

Flora Willson traces the roots of global opera broadcasting to old New York.

Tom Service explores the finale from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

The story of how three trips to South America in the 1950s changed Pierre Boulez's life.

Journalist Bethany Bell on living in Modling, a town near Vienna where Schoenberg lived.

Tom McKinney on his 'first contact' with the music of Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra.

Gillian Moore talks about Alban Berg's relationships with the women in his life.

Stephen Johnson discusses Schoenberg's String Quartet No 2.

Sarah Walker on learning and playing Schoenberg's Suite for Piano, Op 25, for her MA.

Stephen Johnson explores Sigmund Freud's enigmatic relationship with music.

Tom looks at Schoenberg’s love of Gershwin, who was also his tennis partner in Hollywood.

Matthew Parris invites Orlando Murrin to discuss the life of Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti

The instruments of a string ensemble are physically deconstructed as they play Beethoven.

Tom Service delves into the dark side of Franz Schubert.

Who were the BBC's gatekeepers for new scores for broadcast? Charlotte Higgins finds out.

Tom Service on the supercharged emotional impact of Wagner's epic opera Tristan und Isolde

Joyce DiDonato is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.

Vladimir Ashkenazy reveals how classical music influenced the photography of Ansel Adams.

A portrait of the English lyric tenor Ian Partridge, in his own words and recordings.

Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Pianist Stephen Hough.

Kate Kennedy explores the Somme through the lives of musicians who took part in the battle