Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod uncovers melodies and rhythms across the natural world.
Symphony of the Wild homepage
Five startling counterfactual histories of the lives of much-loved composers.
Uchronias homepage
Stephen Wyatt invites us to recognise the importance of the librettist's role in opera.
Unsung Heroes homepage
Alan Hall talks with musicians about their relationship with their chosen instrument.
Instrumental homepage
Kenneth Cranham expounds entertainingly on his career, in conversation with Neil Dudgeon.
An Actor's Life - Kenneth Cranham homepage
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
The Song Detectorists homepage
Emma Smith tells five stories of the real experience of book readers during the war years.
Books for Brighter Blackouts homepage
Evocative stories of mythic mountains around the world, scored with Cooper's own music.
Erland Cooper's Mythic Mountains homepage
The latest crop of New Generation Thinkers stretch their broadcasting wings.
New Generation Thinkers 2024 homepage
Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.
Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons homepage
Musicologist Natasha Loges shines a spotlight on five women pianists from across the globe
Women at the Keyboard homepage
An eclectic look at music and the mind, from Liszt to Gould to Taylor Swift.
Musicians on the Couch homepage
Michael Goldfarb looks at how artists have tried to memorialise what happened at Auschwitz
They'll Never Believe It Happened homepage
How a small patch of Paris became home to generations of influential artists
Three hundred metres in Montparnasse homepage
Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.
Full Moon on Progress St homepage
Kate Molleson hears from composers writing seasonal music in an era of climate change.
Vivaldi in a Warming World homepage
麻豆社 foreign correspondents talk to musicians and shopkeepers in their local Tin Pan Alleys
Tin Pan Alleys homepage
Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.
Scotland Rocks homepage
Phil Hebblethwaite explores hoaxes and controversies in classical music.
Classical Deceptions homepage
Five essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging.
Writing Australia homepage
Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their lives and careers after injury.
Healing Musicians homepage
A range of essays bringing to life overlooked and vital moments in musical history.
Music Rediscovered homepage
Geoffrey Colman asks what Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus tells us about Mozart himself.
Five Kinds of Amadeus homepage
Izabela D艂uzyk takes us on a sound journey through Poland's ancient Bia艂owie偶a Forest.
Sounds of Wild Poland homepage
Northern Ireland's most eminent contemporary poet, Michael Longley, talks about his life
Michael Longley's Life of Poetry homepage
Karine Polwart considers the ritual power of music to connect, soothe, honour and remember
Forever Songs homepage
Unearthing old tunes and songs from specific places around the UK
Dig Where You Stand homepage
Five essayists explore the dichotomy of being a deaf professional working with music.
A Different Way to Listen homepage
Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and plants.
Music in Bloom homepage
Five leading composers write a personal letter to a young composer (real or imagined).
Letters to a Young Composer homepage
