Music

The Doppler Effect with Charles Hazlewood
Conductor Charles Hazlewood and Dr Brian May of Queen celebrate the Doppler effect.
15 Aug 2017,30 mins
Nancy Storace: Mozart's English Soprano
Catherine Bott tells the story of Nancy Storace, an English star who worked with Mozart.
16 Oct 2014,30 mins
Songs To Live By
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
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Marc Riley's Musical Time Machine
Series 2
Lemmy and Joe Strummer
Marc Riley raids the BBC archive and finds interviews with Lemmy and Joe Strummer.
09 Aug 2016,30 mins
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Screen 6 Special
With Sam Mendes
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes explores the relationship between music and cinema.
25 Oct 2015,33 mins
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Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets
Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.
18 Aug 2011,30 mins
When Van Played Cyprus Avenue
Marie-Louise Muir explores the significance of Van Morrison's Belfast gigs.
29 Sep 2015,30 mins
Fritz Reiner
"Engendering fear was a basic tool": a profile of Hungarian conductor Fritz Reiner
19 Mar 1994,43 mins
Am I Tone Deaf?
Is being tone-deaf a medical matter or simply a lack of training?
09 Sep 2011,30 mins
The Last Post
The untold story of The Last Post, one of the world's most famous pieces of music.
11 Nov 2015,26 mins
The Women Who Wrote Rock
Kate Mossman tells the story of long-overlooked female music writers of the 1960s.
22 Mar 2016,30 mins
Compression versus Art
Trevor Cox finds out how recording and copying music compromises the original quality.
07 Jan 2016,28 mins
Eastern Classical
Musician Mark Seow traces tensions between his Asian heritage and Western classical music.
15 Aug 2023,28 mins
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - The Art of Backing Vocals
Nick Barraclough celebrates the unsung singers.
23 May 2009,30 mins
Us3 - Work in Progress
The making of the Us3 jazz hip-hop album Broadway & 52nd
08 Sep 1995,44 mins
Jim, We Love You Because...
Tayo Popoola explores Nigeria's enduring love of Jim Reeves and country and western music.
07 Nov 2017,49 mins
The Trumpet Shall Sound
Jazz composer Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.
04 Dec 2007,30 mins
The Jacqueline Effect
Can there be too many cellists? How Jacqueline du Pré created a surfeit of cellists!
27 Aug 2015,30 mins
The Armstrong Tapes
The life of Louis Armstrong as told through his archive of tape recordings.
12 Dec 1998,60 mins
St Pancras Pianos
Improvisations in music and story from the street pianists at London’s St Pancras Station.
13 Oct 2017,30 mins
Mark Steel Does Hip Hop
Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign Hip Hop
23 Feb 2017,30 mins
My Pakistani Jazz Orchestra
Izzat Majeed could have retired quietly, but he formed a Pakistani jazz ensemble instead.
31 Mar 2015,30 mins
Voices of the Air
Documentary telling the story of the BBC Singers from its beginnings in the 1920s.
24 Sep 2014,45 mins
Symphony Question Time
30/11/2011
Long-lost fragments of Sibelius's Eighth, and feedback about the question of applause.
30 Nov 2011,20 mins
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BACH: Man of Passion
Professor John Butt explores the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
10 Apr 2017,30 mins
The Music Group
Series 5
Episode 5
Phil Hammond's guests are Allegra McEvedy, Robert Llewellyn and Viv Albertine.
24 May 2011,30 mins
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Life On The Road
The Maestro's Tale
Sir Neville Marriner talks about how touring up to six months every year takes it's toll
19 Mar 1998,13 mins
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Banding: Love, Spit and Valve Oil
The pursuit of excellence
Martin Green looks at why brass bands are so good.
17 Mar 2022,28 mins
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Nusrat Was My Elvis
Navid Akhtar examines the legacy of the influential Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
21 Aug 2007,30 mins
When the Levee Breaks
Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.
12 Dec 2011,30 mins