Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events
Radio 3,·92 episodes
Katie Derham tours Powis Castle for a closer look at its many Baroque splendours.
10 Mar 2013,·20 mins
A portrait in sound of Washington DC created by people who live there.
05 Mar 2013,·20 mins
Katie Derham explores the history of The Vyne, a 16th-century country house in Hampshire.
03 Mar 2013,·20 mins
Vocal coach and voice expert Mary King charts the rise and fall of the castrati.
27 Feb 2013,·20 mins
Cliff Eisen traces the history of Leopold Mozart's influential violin treatise of 1756.
12 Feb 2013,·20 mins
Three trombone experts talk about the life of an orchestral trombone player.
31 Jan 2013,·20 mins
Distinguished pianist and teacher Katharina Wolpe talks to Martin Handley.
23 Jan 2013,·20 mins
Ian Christie explores the life and work of Polish film director Andrzej Wajda.
17 Jan 2013,·20 mins
Jonathan Coffey explores the life and legacy of American virtuoso violinist Michael Rabin.
11 Dec 2012,·20 mins
Writer Ronald Blythe talks to Mark Cocker about his career and times.
04 Dec 2012,·20 mins
Ian Sansom reflects on the art of taxidermy and our need to preserve life by stuffing it.
23 Nov 2012,·20 mins
Matthew Sweet meets architect Spencer de Grey whose designs include The Sage Gateshead.
02 Nov 2012,·20 mins
How 1930s novelists and composers used the pastoral mode to address the legacy of WWI.
25 Oct 2012,·20 mins
Soweto Kinch explores the profound impressions Miles Davis made on his fellow artists.
17 Oct 2012,·20 mins
Lesley Chamberlain tells the story of German artist and architect Heinrich Vogeler.
05 Oct 2012,·20 mins
Adrian Mourby examines the history of the operatic plot.
05 Sep 2012,·20 mins
David Bramwell meets natural weather forecaster David King.
04 Sep 2012,·20 mins
Andrew Brown and Diarmaid MacCulloch consider why we burned heretics and why we stopped.
25 Aug 2012,·20 mins
Simon Barnes on the sounds of the Suffolk coast, which inspired Britten's Peter Grimes.
24 Aug 2012,·20 mins
The history of a traditional song that influenced Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes.
Catherine Bott and guests on the benefits of ballet music without accompanying dance.
22 Aug 2012,·20 mins
Robert Worby explores the adventures undertaken by performers tackling John Cage's music.
17 Aug 2012,·20 mins
Author Ian Sansom explores the meaning and mystery of invitation giving and receiving.
14 Aug 2012,·20 mins
Richard Holloway explores the myth of Judas Iscariot and his depiction through the ages.
10 Aug 2012,·20 mins
Keith Waithe gives Julian May a tour of his collection of 207 flutes from around the globe
04 Aug 2012,·20 mins
Danny Karlin considers Robert Browning's Sordello: is it the best worst poem ever?
02 Aug 2012,·20 mins
The story of Herschel Grynszpan, whose actions provided the pretext for Kristallnacht.
01 Aug 2012,·20 mins
A mysterious discovery prompts Anna Pavord to celebrate her botanical hero William Turner.
31 Jul 2012,·20 mins
Poet Michael Rosen visits the Aardman Studios to meet Nick Park and Wallace and Gromit.
29 Jul 2012,·20 mins
Exploring how in Edwardian Britain Tchaikovsky became a symbol of male homosexuality.
28 Jul 2012,·20 mins
