Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La bohème.
24 Sep 2017,·70 mins
Musician and producer Harmony Samuels reveals how to have a successful career in music.
25 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Martin Wainwright looks at our national night time obsession - with the beauty of moths.
06 May 2011,·28 mins
Musician Mark Seow traces tensions between his Asian heritage and Western classical music.
15 Aug 2023,·28 mins
Paul Gambaccini recalls The Stax Volt Tour of 1967, which brought soul greats to Europe.
14 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Izzat Majeed could have retired quietly, but he formed a Pakistani jazz ensemble instead.
31 Mar 2015,·30 mins
All the thriving underground rap-scene rappers that feature in BBC Three's Rap Trip
Ransom FA and FOS bring us some of the brand new rappers appearing in the scene
22 Oct 2020,·41 mins
Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign Hip Hop
23 Feb 2017,·30 mins
Jazz composer Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.
04 Dec 2007,·30 mins
Trevor Cox finds out how recording and copying music compromises the original quality.
07 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Eddie Kadi and Fatima Timbo
Comedian Eddie Kadi and model & TikTok star Fatima Timbo share the songs that shaped them.
21 Nov 2022,·28 mins
The story of Poland's Syrena Records, a label that defined a nation.
12 Jan 2016,·30 mins
Professor John Butt explores the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
10 Apr 2017,·30 mins
The poet Ian McMillan on what really happened when Stockhausen came to Huddersfield.
19 Nov 2015,·30 mins
Finance guru Alvin Hall charts the rise of rap music entrepreneur Jay-Z.
08 May 2007,·30 mins
Lucie Skeaping hears music written for Pepys, played for the first time since his death.
04 Apr 2017,·30 mins
Alan Bennett and musicians young and old consider the orchestral heritage of Yorkshire.
15 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Jolyon Jenkins reports on "Spiral Tribe", the 90s free party sound system, still raving.
22 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.
12 Dec 2011,·30 mins
A spoken word concept album linking space and music.
01 Sep 2015,·30 mins
In Session: Tebi Rex
Tebi Rex chat about releasing music in lockdown and reminisce about performing live.
04 Dec 2020,·20 mins
Ciara McGrillan plays music and memories from across NI in this dementia-friendly show.
24 May 2020,·56 mins
Andy Kershaw re-examines the Bob Dylan album that changed popular music and his life.
11 Oct 2015,·30 mins
8. Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
The story of Juice WRLD, Pop Smoke, XXXTentacion and Lil Peep.
22 Nov 2021,·29 mins
Part 2
Birmingham-raised singer Jamelia explores the music made in her native West Midlands.
20 Jul 2022,·28 mins
Rudely Truncated
Humphrey Carpenter on how the Third Programme captured the intellectual high ground.
06 Oct 1996,·45 mins
LOVE, SHAUN
Blissful beats from BBC Music Introducing mixed by soon to be superstar, LOVE, SHAUN.
26 Jan 2024,·30 mins
Bluegrass in the Cotswolds at the Sore Fingers Summer School
02 Jun 2011,·30 mins
Every minute of every day, a musician is playing Bach’s music somewhere in the world.
19 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Grammy Award winning filmmaker Don Letts explores the life of reggae singer Peter Tosh
23 Nov 2010,·30 mins
