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Our Love for Indian Classical Music
How classical music from India has spread across the globe
05 Jan 2019,·48 mins
Fay Corkin sits in (01/10/2026)
Fay Corkin shares the best under-the-radar local musical talent.
01 Oct 2026,·120 mins
The Practice of Practising
Celebrated pianist Stephen Hough reflects on a life spent practising.
28 Dec 2013,·45 mins
Le Ellen NicDhòmhnaill
Cluinnidh sinn mu Duaisean SAY na bliadhna agus ceòl ùr gu leòr còmhla ri Ellen.
Interview with film director Danny Boyle
Harriett Gilbert talks to the director of Shallow Grave and 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire.
29 Mar 2013,·18 mins
The pursuit of excellence
Martin Green looks at why brass bands are so good.
17 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Playing in the Dark, Part 2
Concert of readings and music from Neil Gaiman and friends with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
01 Jan 2020,·57 mins
Series 5
Christmas Special
Ruth Jennings hosts a festive Bandstand with local brass and flute bands.
17 Dec 2023,·30 mins
Sreath 7, Prògram 2
Laoidhean, leughaidhean agus smuaintean.
16 Jan 2022,·30 mins
Series 1
Meatloaf, Ash and Megadeath
Amps up to 11 with tracks from Foreigner, Warlock and Halestorm.
16 Feb 2025,·57 mins
2. Going Global
Alvin Hall explores how gospel music has been affected by commercialisation.
02 Feb 2016,·30 mins
War
Declan Harvey explores iconic songs that were once 'banned' by the BBC.
29 Jun 2025,·29 mins
'Tamasha’ is the big Bollywood release so we hear from Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor
15 mins
Bill Bailey tells the story of the remarkable electronic instrument.
21 Oct 2004,·28 mins
An imaginative portrait of the elusive musician Arthur Russell.
27 Sep 2016,·30 mins
The music, drama, and ballet of Louis XIV's court
24 Apr 1996,·4 mins
Oratorios
Large-scale musical compositions for solo voices. But are any of them genuinely spiritual?
23 Mar 1995,·7 mins
The freshest tracks from some of our favourite new UK artists.
12 Jun 2018,·45 mins
Paul Morley on the 7 inch single's grand relative - the 12 inch - and its peak in the 80s.
01 Mar 2012,·30 mins
Nina Myskow talks to Rufus and Martha Wainwright about their confessional songs.
09 Aug 2014,·30 mins
Trevor Cox on the physics behind the way orchestral instruments make their unique sound
06 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Henning Wehn investigates 'Ostrock' - the East German rock and pop music scene.
28 Apr 2011,·30 mins
David McAlmont tells the glittering tale of Sylvester James and his disco hit Mighty Real.
23 Jun 2016,·30 mins
Fatima Al Qadiri explores how the sounds of war run through modern music.
14 Mar 2017,·30 mins
The story of the great Victorian organ builder 'Father' Henry Willis.
05 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Jolyon Jenkins reports on "Spiral Tribe", the 90s free party sound system, still raving.
22 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Alan Bennett and musicians young and old consider the orchestral heritage of Yorkshire.
15 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.
10 Feb 2015,·30 mins
What happened to the musicians who poured their hopes and savings into a DIY 7" single?
15 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Lucie Skeaping hears music written for Pepys, played for the first time since his death.
04 Apr 2017,·30 mins
