Series that tracks down the stories behind the scores of well-known pieces of music
Radio 4,·46 episodes
West Side Story
Frances Fyfield's team explore the original score of Bernstein's hit show West Side Story.
20 May 2014,·30 mins
Elgar's Salut D'Amour
Elgar's Salut D'Amour is the subject of Frances Fyfield's music manuscript investigation.
27 May 2014,·30 mins
Sousa's The Stars and Stripes for Ever
Frances Fyfield is back in Washington DC to celebrate the National march of the USA.
03 Jun 2014,·28 mins
Appalachian Spring
Frances Fyfield examines Copland's ballet score at the Library of Congress, Washington DC.
11 Jun 2013,·30 mins
A Shropshire Lad
Frances studies Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad song settings and orchestral rhapsody.
18 Jun 2013,·30 mins
Porgy and Bess
Frances Fyfield and friends explore the score of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.
25 Jun 2013,·30 mins
Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
Frances Fyfield explores the manuscript of Britten's Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra.
15 May 2012,·30 mins
Hummel's Trumpet Concerto
Hummel's trumpet concerto is the subject of Frances Fyfield's forensic musical study.
22 May 2012,·30 mins
Vivaldi's Flute Concerto
A lost Vivaldi flute concerto ends Frances Fyfield's series of forensic musical inquiry.
29 May 2012,·30 mins
Episode 1
Frances Fyfield's series of forensic musical discovery returns with Mozart's Don Giovanni.
18 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Episode 2
Frances Fyfield's forensic musical discovery continues with Parry's anthem I Was Glad.
25 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Handel's Firework Suite
Frances Fyfield's forensic musical discovery continues with Handel's Firework Suite score.
01 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Rachmaninov's Second Symphony
The astonishing story of the rediscovered original score for Rachmaninov's Second Symphony
20 Mar 2007,·30 mins
Elgar's Violin Concerto
Frances Fyfield tracks down hidden stories locked in Edward Elgar's manuscripts.
04 May 2004,·30 mins
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
Frances Fyfield on the sketch book that Beethoven used when writing his sixth symphony.
11 May 2004,·30 mins
Handel's Jephtha
George Frideric Handel's last major choral work found him tormented by failing sight.
18 May 2004,·30 mins
