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Chorus girls in Paris

Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.

Esther Inglis's musical self portraits

Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.

The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists

Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.

Tudor music and politics

Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.

Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem

Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens

19/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman discovers Mark-Anthony Turnage's take on Mozart and composer rivalries.

18/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman discovers Dame Jane Glover's reactions to Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.

17/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman explores what it's really like to be a musical prodigy with Vanessa-Mae.

16/09/2024

Geoffrey Colman asks Patrick Mackie what Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' reveals about Mozart.

Night

Join Izabela DÅ‚uzyk on her sound adventures at night in the forests of eastern Poland.

Trees

A deep listening experience in the wild places of Poland, recorded by Izabela DÅ‚uzyk.

Thrush Nightingales

Adventures in sound with Polish nature recordist Izabela DÅ‚uzyk.

Harmonies

Sound journeys into Poland's wild forests and marshes.

Dawn

An adventure in nature recording with Izabela DÅ‚uzyk.

Poems of Love and Ageing

Belfast poet Michael Longley talks about his love poems and sixty years of poetry.

Poems of Mayo

Belfast poet Michael Longley talks about nature poems inspired by the west of Ireland.

Poems of the Troubles

Belfast poet Michael Longley on writing about the Troubles.

Poems of World War I

Belfast poet Michael Longley talks with Olivia O'Leary about his World War I poetry.

The Early Years

Belfast poet Michael Longley talks about his home town and love of jazz and the classics.

Don't You Think We're Forever

Karine Polwart considers music's ritual power to connect, soothe, honour and remember.

Couldn't Love You More

Karine Polwart considers music's ritual power to connect, soothe, honour and remember.

Banks of Sicily

Karine Polwart considers music's ritual power to connect, soothe, honour and remember.

Time Has Told Me

Karine Polwart considers music's ritual power to connect, soothe, honour and remember.

How Happy I Am

Karine Polwart considers music's ritual power to connect, soothe, honour and remember.

The Arnisdale Fiddler and the Fairy

Unearthing old tunes and songs from around the UK

Death in the Yarrow Valley

Unearthing old tunes and songs from around the UK.

Sowing Oats in Ceredigion

Unearthing old tunes and songs from around the UK.

Larking About in the Fields of Cornwall

Unearthing old tunes and songs from around the UK.

Pickin' Tatties near Arbroath

Unearthing old tunes and songs from around the UK.

Elizabeth Elliott

Elizabeth Elliott, a talented musician who became deaf, shares her inspiring journey.