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Disability and music

Tom Service takes a look at how the music industry deals with disability and its impact.

• 44 mins

Focus on freelance musicians

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins

Sam Amidon; US-USSR ballet exchange; music streaming; lockdown postcards

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

• 44 mins

The Human Connection

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins

Creating music in isolation

Benjamin Grosvenor and the prophetic voice of Glenn Gould.

• 44 mins

The Lark Ascending

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

• 44 mins

Music and myth, silence and AI

A book on Arvo Pärt. Luminosity in music. Beethoven's curtailed celebrations.

• 44 mins

Light at the end of the tunnel

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins

Democracy from Wynton Marsalis

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins

New Music Innovators from today... and the 19th Century

Pianist Piotr Anderszewski. Songs of Fanny Hensel. Maxim Vengerov education masterclasses.

• 44 mins

Jackie Kay, Meredith Monk and Virtual Nature

Kate Molleson talks to Meredith Monk, plus Jackie Kay on blues pioneer Bessie Smith.

• 44 mins

Girl power in the 1940s

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

• 44 mins

Uighur culture, Richard Tognetti, business models

Richard Tognetti. New relationship musicians-agents? The book Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam.

• 45 mins

How music sculpts memory

The relationships between the crafts of porcelain and contemporary composition.

• 44 mins

Anne Queffélec

Pianist Anne Queffelec; a book on France and trauma during wars; the Endellion Quartet.

• 44 mins

Sandrine Piau, Geraldine Mucha, Steven Isserlis

Tom Service speaks to soprano Sandrine Piau and cellist Steven Isserlis.

• 44 mins

Celebrating a Century of Astor Piazzolla

Using archive, family members and musicians who played with him. Also Isabelle Faust.

• 44 mins

The fierce joys of Spring

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins

Music under threat in Kabul

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

• 44 mins

Renaud Capuçon, Cecilia McDowall, Michael Spitzer

French violinist Renaud Capuçon talks about his new recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto.

• 44 mins

Stravinsky 50 - Reinventing Stravinsky!

Tom Service explores how the music of Stravinsky continues to resonate in today's world.

• 44 mins

A life in music

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins

Musical Ecosystems

Kate Molleson hears from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and speaks to Benjamin Lapidus.

• 44 mins

The Conductors' Edition

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins

Dennis Brain, Anthony Payne, and music’s healing nature.

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

• 44 mins

Rhythm and tone: Dennis Brain, Anthony Payne and music’s healing nature

Tom Service looks at the influence of Dennis Brain in his centenary year.

• 44 mins

Breaking rules, making new forms...

Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart. ROH hyper reality opera inspired by Shakespeare.

• 44 mins

Music in the Moment

Tom Service and pianist Stephen Hough discuss living in the moment during performance

• 44 mins

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax join Tom Service to talk about their new Beethoven recording.

• 44 mins

Coventry UK City of Culture 2021

Kate Molleson celebrates musical life in Coventry as UK City of Culture 2021.

• 44 mins