ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

A (music) lover's guide, and Venus unwrapped

A new book for classical music lovers.

• 44 mins

Christmas in the Fens

Kate Molleson visits the Fens to explore some of the music-making going at Christmas

• 44 mins

The tentacles of freedom

Composer Du Yun and Opera in the Jazz Age.

• 44 mins

Amo amas amat-eur Orchestras! And Arnold in the US

Soprano Diana Damrau, amateur orchestras and Schoenberg's correspondence

• 44 mins

Fire and ice

From new compositions inspired by the icy poles to the fiery emotion of Ermonela Jaho.

• 44 mins

Spirit and Invention

Conductor and violinist Reinhard Goebel and Gillian Moore's new book The Rite of Spring.

• 44 mins

Changing times, changing identities

Tom speaks to Emma Kirkby. Also, the impact of Brexit on musicians. And music in convents.

• 44 mins

Berlioz – the Ultimate Romantic

A reappraisal of the French composer on the 150th anniversary of his death.

• 44 mins

Hel's Deep and Mountains High

The Monstrous Child, composer Anthony Payne, piano duos, yoga, mountains and gods.

• 44 mins

Tales of the popular

Kate Molleson visits Sir Karl Jenkins at his studio.

• 44 mins

Hans Keller 100 and International Women's Day

Hans Keller and International Women's Day.

• 44 mins

Music, Architecture and Activism

Conductor Jessica Cottis, musical activism and how music changes in different spaces.

• 44 mins

Spring lambs, blue sheep

Music Matters marks the beginning of spring.

• 44 mins

Music Matters Lab at Free Thinking

Kate Molleson gets emotional at the Free Thinking Festival for this live special.

• 44 mins

Music without compromise

Tom meets Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili.

• 44 mins

Michael Tippett and Ukrainian polyphony

A new biography on composer Michael Tippett and the Ukrainian polyphony project.

• 44 mins

Transgender opera singers, harpsichords and Billy Budd

Sara Mohr-Pietsch speaks to transgender singers from around the world.

• 44 mins

Serious fun

Singer Rosalind Plowright, 18th-century Scottish music theorists and a biography of Dukas.

• 44 mins

Being seen, being heard

Kate Molleson talks to Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla. Music fan clubs. Folk singer Josephine Foster

• 44 mins

Stockhausen: Cosmic Prophet

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Stockhausen's legacy, Baudelaire, and the Hum of the World.

• 44 mins

Stephen Kovacevich, Thomas Ades and Howard Skempton

Tom talks to pianist Stephen Kovacevich and composer Thomas Ades.

• 44 mins

Music heard so deeply that it is not heard at all

Tom meets conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Composer Kaija Saariaho inspired by TS Eliot.

• 44 mins

Pekka Kuusisto

Tom meets Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto.

• 44 mins

Welcome to the stage

Kate explores the life and legacy of Alma Mahler

• 44 mins

Passing the music on

Sara Mohr-Pietsch reports on the decline of music A levels, and pianist Sulamita Aronovsky

• 44 mins

AI and the future of music

A special edition exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on music.

• 44 mins

Music, roots and heritage

A tale of two composers: Daniel Kidane and Erika Fox.

• 44 mins

Obsessions

Sara Mohr Pietsch meets oud player Khyam Allami.

• 44 mins

Season finale

Tom looks over this past year in music.

• 44 mins

In the community

New works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

• 44 mins