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Trevor Cox finds out how recording and copying music compromises the original quality.
07 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Pianist David Owen Norris goes on a journey in search of the private life of the piano.
19 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'
23 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Jazz composer Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.
04 Dec 2007,·30 mins
Series 3
Billy The Kid
Musicians talk about performing Aaron Copland's musical portrait of Billy The Kid.
27 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign Hip Hop
23 Feb 2017,·30 mins
Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La bohème.
24 Sep 2017,·70 mins
Sean Rocks discovers how soul music and blues first gained an audience in 1960's Ireland.
01 Aug 2014,·30 mins
Izzat Majeed could have retired quietly, but he formed a Pakistani jazz ensemble instead.
31 Mar 2015,·30 mins
Professor John Butt explores the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
10 Apr 2017,·30 mins
Episode 2
Chi-chi Nwanoku turns musical detective in search of black composers and musicians.
02 Jun 2015,·30 mins
An imaginative portrait of the elusive musician Arthur Russell.
27 Sep 2016,·30 mins
Oratorios
Large-scale musical compositions for solo voices. But are any of them genuinely spiritual?
23 Mar 1995,·7 mins
Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.
12 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Trevor Cox on the physics behind the way orchestral instruments make their unique sound
06 Dec 2012,·30 mins
David McAlmont tells the glittering tale of Sylvester James and his disco hit Mighty Real.
23 Jun 2016,·30 mins
A spoken word concept album linking space and music.
01 Sep 2015,·30 mins
The story of the great Victorian organ builder 'Father' Henry Willis.
05 Apr 2011,·30 mins
In Session: Tebi Rex
Tebi Rex chat about releasing music in lockdown and reminisce about performing live.
04 Dec 2020,·20 mins
Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.
10 Feb 2015,·30 mins
Peruvian-born chef Martin Morales explores the link between food and music in the Andes.
16 Oct 2017,·30 mins
What happened to the musicians who poured their hopes and savings into a DIY 7" single?
15 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Chris Beardshaw
Garden designer Chris Beardshaw creates his dream Egyptian-themed festival.
21 Aug 2016,·30 mins
Ciara McGrillan plays music and memories from across NI in this dementia-friendly show.
24 May 2020,·56 mins
Is it possible to take 93-year-old mountaineer Gwen Moffat climbing again?
30 Sep 2017,·29 mins
Rufus Wainwright on how he approaches the song A Foggy Day and why he's drawn to it.
04 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Andy Kershaw re-examines the Bob Dylan album that changed popular music and his life.
11 Oct 2015,·30 mins
A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life.
26 May 2016,·30 mins
Phill Jupitus investigates the social importance of 2 Tone music in Britain.
05 Apr 2008,·30 mins
17/08/2026
Conversation and music for South Asian communities with Arzu Dutta.
17 Aug 2026,·180 mins
