Classical music
The Listening Service. Beethoven - Hero or Villain? Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service asks if posterity's casting of Beethoven as a hero is problematic.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. A Reflection on Worrying, A Reflection on Worrying: Worry and Music. Audio, 15 minutes
Musician Tom McKinney on how his own worry runs much deeper than that of stage fright.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey. Video, 58 minutes
Lucy Worsley traces the story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for 3 months
The Radio 3 Documentary. Antonio Carlos Gomes, the Brazilian who conquered La Scala. Audio, 44 minutes
Fabio Zanon on how Brazilian composer Carlos Gomes conquered La Scala in the 19th century
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Sunday Feature. Antonio Carlos Gomes, the Brazilian Who Conquered La Scala. Audio, 45 minutes
Fabio Zanon on how Brazilian composer Carlos Gomes conquered La Scala in the 19th century.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Get Playing, Get Playing: Poet Fiona Sampson on playing the violin. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Fiona Sampson discusses her early life as a violinist.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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A Point of View. The Ring of the Nibelung. Audio, 1 minute
Following the death of Sir Roger Scruton, a chance to listen again to one of his talks.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. The Art of Storytelling, The Art of Storytelling: Clemency Burton Hill. Audio, 15 minutes
Broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill considers the relationship between storytelling and music
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Field Notes: The Irishman Who Invented the Nocturne. Audio, 30 minutes
Alistair McGowan uncovers the sensational, creative life of the Irish composer John Field.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Listening Service. What is it about Mozart? Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service asks, 'What is it about Mozart?' Rethink music with The Listening Service.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Sunday Feature. Menuhin at 100. Audio, 45 minutes
The story of the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin, using BBC archive material.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Between the Ears. First Find Your Tree. Audio, 30 minutes
Feature about violin maker Andrea Ortona's work creating a copy of a Guarneri Kemp violin.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Inspiring Women in Music, Inspiring Women in Music: Zoe Martlew. Audio, 14 minutes
Cellist, performer, composer, blogger and educator Zoe Martlew discusses her life in music
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Inspiring Women in Music, Inspiring Women in Music: Alice Farnham. Audio, 15 minutes
Alice Farnham, one of Britain's leading female conductors, discusses her life in music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Inspiring Women in Music, Inspiring Women in Music: Kathryn McAdam. Audio, 15 minutes
Soprano Kathryn McAdam discusses her life in music as well as what and who inspires her.
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The Essay. Inspiring Women in Music, Inspiring Women in Music: Nicola LeFanu. Audio, 15 minutes
Composer Nicola LeFanu discusses her musical career, spanning over half a century.
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The Essay. Inspiring Women in Music, Inspiring Women in Music: Sarah Connolly. Audio, 15 minutes
Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly on her career, her family and characters she has played.
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The Essay. Music in Its Time, Music in Its Time - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks. Audio, 15 minutes
The spectacular state-of-the-art first performance of Handel's Royal Fireworks.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Music in Its Time, Music in Its Time - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4. Audio, 15 minutes
Stephen Johnson on Beethoven's decision to unveil three new works at one public concert.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Music in Its Time, Music in Its Time - Shostakovich: Symphony No 5. Audio, 15 minutes
Stephen Johnson considers how Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony surprised its audience.
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Black, White and Beethoven. Audio, 30 minutes
Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Essay. Music in Its Time, Music in Its Time - Byrd: Mass for Four Voices. Audio, 15 minutes
The secret performances of Byrd's masses in Elizabethan England.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Music in Its Time, Music in Its Time - Mahler's Symphony No 8. Audio, 15 minutes
The 1910 premiere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, for which he hired impresario Emil Gutman.
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