Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Radio 4,·210 episodes
Siegfried Idyll
Wagner's celebration of paternal love was written as a birthday gift
31 May 2017,·30 mins
My Favourite Things
Jazz musician David Liebman's memories of the classic song sung by Julie Andrews.
24 May 2017,·30 mins
The Kink's Waterloo Sunset, from1967, evokes poignant and life-changing memories
17 May 2017,·30 mins
Stories of love, loss and joy associated with Auld Lang Syne.
27 Dec 2016,·28 mins
Exploring America's national anthem, set to the tune of an English social men's club song.
01 Nov 2016,·30 mins
Stories of the timeless love song written by Ewan MacColl and made famous by Roberta Flack
25 Oct 2016,·30 mins
Allegri's Miserere
An exploration of the impact of Allegri's 17th-century music.
01 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come is an anthem for civil rights in the USA.
11 Oct 2016,·30 mins
Sung by Julie Andrews, Feed the Birds was written for the film Mary Poppins.
03 May 2016,·30 mins
How Mozart's Requiem, written when he was dying, has touched and changed people's lives.
26 Apr 2016,·30 mins
The Way You Look Tonight was made popular by Fred Astaire in the 1936 film, Swing Time.
19 Apr 2016,·30 mins
Personal stories of the 1960s Japanese hit song Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukou).
12 Apr 2016,·30 mins
Contributors explain what 'Bring Him Home', from Les Miserables, means to them.
05 Apr 2016,·30 mins
An exploration of the spiritual song, from its origins in slavery in America.
30 mins
The Pathétique
An exploration of the impact of composer Tchaikovsky's final symphony.
10 Dec 2002,·30 mins
Barber's Adagio for Strings
Leonard Slatkin on the impact of the adagio that became America's 'national funeral music'
12 Nov 2002,·30 mins
The stories behind 1988's 'Fairytale of New York' by the Pogues.
22 Dec 2015,·28 mins
Composer and conductor Paul Spicer explores the impact of Edward Elgar's Nimrod.
15 Dec 2015,·30 mins
The Brecht/Weill song Mack the Knife written for The Threepenny Opera in 1928.
08 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Albert Mazibuko remembers the song Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
01 Dec 2015,·30 mins
An exploration of the impact of ELO's 1978 off-beam classic, Mr Blue Sky.
24 Nov 2015,·30 mins
The Last Post
Officer AD Bridges and a former POW reflect on the impact of the final bugle call.
17 Dec 2000,·30 mins
The Lord Is My Shepherd
Howard Goodall and Selina Scott explore the impact of the hymn based on Psalm 23.
12 May 2015,·30 mins
The mystery and emotional ties of the folk song Scarborough Fair.
05 May 2015,·30 mins
The story behind the Cat Stevens song, and the memories people associate with it.
28 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Leading cellists explain the power of Bach's Cello Suite No 1 in G Major.
21 Apr 2015,·30 mins
How an obscure track on a Leonard Cohen album became a global anthem.
14 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Opera director John Copley CBE reflects on his lifelong relationship with La Boheme.
09 Dec 2014,·30 mins
Gracias a la Vida
The Latin American anthem to life is explored through personal stories.
25 Nov 2014,·30 mins
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Exploring the lasting emotional impact of The Smiths' 1986 anthem of hope, loss and love.
02 Dec 2014,·30 mins
