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  1. Strange and fantastic: lighting up Patagonia with the BBC NOW

    Naomi Thomas, Principal Second Violin of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, describes her outreach work as part of a small group of players working in Patagonia as part of the orchestra's South American Tour.

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  2. Radio 3's Musical Map of Britain

    Help us create a map of musical Britain by sending us your information. 

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  3. Värttinä join the BBC Concert Orchestra

    Fiona Talkington introduces 'Edge of Sound: Beyond Finlandia' - a collaboration between the BBC Concert Orchestra and Finnish group Värttinä.

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  4. Composer of the Week at 70

    BBC Radio 3's 'Composer of the Week' is seventy years old today.

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  5. Pulling out all the stops, blowing all the fuses

    The 1971 British premiere of Ligeti's organ work 'Volumina' at the Royal Festival Hall blew all the fuses and left the hall in silence.

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  6. Northern light ‒ and darkness

    For Music Matters, Petroc Trelawny travels to Tromsø, the 'capital of the Arctic', in the far north of Norway, and discovers a city's unique musical response to the Arctic's dark winter months.

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  7. BBC Scottish SO in India - Mark Tully reports

    The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is currently on tour in India. They have been joined by journalist and broadcaster Sir Mark Tully …

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  8. Music in the Great War on Radio 3

    Discover full details of Radio 3's WW1 season 'Music in the Great War'.

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