Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.
24 Apr 2012,·30 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
12/08/2026
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12 Aug 2026,·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
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
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
Grammy Award winning filmmaker Don Letts explores the life of reggae singer Peter Tosh
23 Nov 2010,·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
Is it possible to take 93-year-old mountaineer Gwen Moffat climbing again?
30 Sep 2017,·29 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
Rainer Hersch champions the most popular waltz Strauss ever wrote.
04 Oct 2016,·30 mins
Reflections on the launch and impact of Europe’s first black music station in 1981.
03 Feb 2023,·9 mins
This is… how The UK Changed Hip Hop Forever
Ashley Walters explores how the UK has shaped hip hop history
19 Jul 2023,·1 min
Marc Riley traces the career of 70s electronic band Kraftwerk.
22 Nov 2007,·30 mins
Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe
30 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?
19 Jun 2014,·30 mins
Can Rev. Richard Coles write a new power ballad to rival Total Eclipse of the Heart?
18 Jul 2017,·30 mins
Richard Langham Smith on the songs Debussy wrote for his muse Madame Vasnier.
10 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Radio 6 Indie Forever begins TODAY at 10am!
22 Jul 2026,·240 mins
Jesus' Blood and Fluffy Clouds
The story of the musical aesthetic and the ubiquitous technique of minimalism.
16 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Pink Floyd members explore the tragic mental breakdown of former front man Syd Barrett.
09 Jun 2011,·30 mins
DJ Annie Nightingale looks at how Northern Soul music has become popular in Japan.
21 Sep 2013,·30 mins
Conductor Charles Hazlewood and Dr Brian May of Queen celebrate the Doppler effect.
15 Aug 2017,·30 mins
Catherine Bott tells the story of Nancy Storace, an English star who worked with Mozart.
16 Oct 2014,·30 mins
With Sam Mendes
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes explores the relationship between music and cinema.
25 Oct 2015,·33 mins
