News
The Arnisdale Fiddler and the Fairy
Unearthing old tunes and songs from around the UK Read more
now playing
Dig Where You Stand
Unearthing old tunes and songs from around the UK
Forever Songs
How Happy I Am
Karine Polwart considers music's ritual power to connect, soothe, honour and .
Time Has Told Me
Banks of Sicily
Couldn't Love You More
Don't You Think We're Forever
Michael Longley's Life of Poetry
The Early Years
In a 2024 interview, the late poet Michael Longley talks about Belfast and the classics.
Poems of World War 1
In a 2024 interview, the late poet Michael Longley talks about his World War 1 poetry.
Poems of the Troubles
Belfast poet Michael Longley speaking in 2024 on writing about the Troubles.
Poems of Mayo
In a 2024 interview, the late poet Michael Longley talks about his nature poems.
Poems of Love and Ageing
In a 2024 interview, Michael Longley talks about his love poems and 60 years of poetry.
Sounds of Wild Poland
Dawn
An adventure in nature recording with Izabela Dłuzyk.
Harmonies
Sound journeys into Poland's wild forests and marshes.
Thrush Nightingales
Adventures in sound with Polish nature recordist Izabela Dłuzyk.
Trees
A deep listening experience in the wild places of Poland, recorded by Izabela Dłuzyk.
Night
Izabela Dłuzyk on her sound adventures at night in the forests of eastern Poland.
Five Kinds of Amadeus
16/09/2024
Geoffrey Colman asks Patrick Mackie what Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' reveals about Mozart.
17/09/2024
Geoffrey Colman explores what it's really like to be a musical prodigy with Vanessa-Mae.
18/09/2024
Geoffrey Colman discovers Dame Jane Glover's reactions to Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.
19/09/2024
Geoffrey Colman discovers Mark-Anthony Turnage's take on Mozart and composer rivalries.
20/09/2024
Geoffrey Colman meets Simon Callow, who first played Mozart in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.
Music Rediscovered
Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem
Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens
Tudor music and politics
Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.
The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists
Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.
Esther Inglis's musical self portraits
Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.
Chorus girls in Paris
Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.
Healing Musicians
1. Julian Lloyd Webber
Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their lives and careers after injury.
2. Stephen Marquiss
Kate Kennedy shares stories with musicians who had to rethink their lives after injury.
3. Robin Graham
4. Ludwig Quandt
5. Rebecca Toal and Hattie Butterworth
Kate Kennedy talks to musicians who had to rethink their careers after injury or illness.
