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Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Radio 3,9 episodes

Episodes

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The Practice of Practising
Celebrated pianist Stephen Hough reflects on a life spent practising.
28 Dec 2013,45 mins
Singing for Britten
John Bridcut explores Britten's creative relationship with amateur singers.
23 Nov 2013,45 mins
Verdi 200: Verdi the Opera Director - the Composer's Other Artistic Side
Opera scholar Susan Rutherford traces Verdi's journey from composer to 'opera director.
12 Oct 2013,45 mins
Our Lady of Paris
Simon Russell Beale marks Notre Dame's 850th anniversary, exploring French sacred music.
23 Mar 2013,45 mins
Sound of Cinema: Chaplin and Music
Matthew Sweet explores Charlie Chaplin's career as composer.
29 Dec 2012,45 mins
Wandering Minstrels
The story of the orchestra who gave the first ever concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
18 Aug 2012,45 mins
Ballet Goes to the Music Hall
Deborah Bull explores ballet music in late Victorian London, at the music hall theatres.
31 Dec 2011,45 mins
Music of the King James Bible
Richard Coles on the influence that the Authorised Version of the Bible has had on music.
28 May 2011,45 mins
The Fantastical World of Robert Schumann
Lucy Parham on how literature inspired Schumann to write some of his great piano cycles.
29 May 2010,45 mins