Mahler’s Symphonies | Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

Vivaldi's Four Seasons at the Proms | BBC Proms 2023

Finnish violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto leads the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a concert of works by Bee...

Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (AKA Joseph Bologne) was a French violinist, and is credited with being ...

Evelyn Glennie | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Dame Evelyn Glennie is one of the world's finest virtuoso percussionists. This programme reveals the story of how a girl from Ab...

Mozart | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

Howard Goodall dissects Mozart's ''Dove Sono'' and provides some historical context on some of his other works.

Beethoven's ''Eroica'' | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

''Eroica'' was the first sign that Beethoven was breaking away from established musical formulas.

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have l...

03: Climate of the Times | Standard Grade Art and Design

Schools programme presented by Katy Murphy, exploring the fashion, music, architecture, design, and lifestyles of th...

Chopin Prelude in F# Major | Chopin Prelude in F# Major

With pianist Alfredo Perl.

Clarinets and Phantoms | Instrument Tales

Documentary following a group of children as they create and perform their own piece of music.

Claudio Monteverdi | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

Claudio Monteverdi is considered a forefather in the creation of opera.

Drums and Wild Dances | Instrument Tales

Working with musicians from the National Orchestra of Wales, the children learn about percussion and rhythm.

Equal Temperament | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

Equal temperament allowed the movement of a musical phrase from one key to another or modulation.

Florence Price | Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

As hard as it was trying to break through in to the classical music scene as a black man, Florence Price had it...

Gamelan at the Paris Exhibition in 1889 | Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

The Paris Exhibition of 1899 was, for many of the attendees, the first ...

Gamelan's Influence on Claude Debussy | Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

Gamelan inspired Claude Debussy to move away from the maximal style of Ri...

George Bridgetower | Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Bridgetower was a British musician whose fame drew attention from the likes of Beethoven who wrote a sonata...

George Walker | Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

95-year-old American composer George Walker had his first performance of any of his music when his piece ''Lyric...

Handel and audience | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

By 1750 a new phenomenon had been introduced to music in the form of an audience. Before then, music performances would...

Handel's Oratorios | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

Howard Goodall explains how Handel's Oratorios took influence from many arenas of music to entice and excite his audienc...

Ignatius Sancho | Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Sancho was born on a slave ship, and lost both his parents. Despite racial adversity he carved his way to maki...