Podcast Episodes

Bach Cello Suite No 1 in G Major

Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No I in G major is one of the most frequently performed and recognisable solo compositions ever written for cello…

10 years, 8 months ago

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' took him years to write. It originally had as many as 80 verses. Recorded for his 'Various Positions' album, it was almo…

10 years, 8 months ago

La Boheme

"La Boheme is a work of genius, for me it's the perfect opera. There's not a bar or a word or anything you'd want to alter. It just gets to you"

- Op…

11 years, 1 month ago

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' by The Smiths is explored through personal stories.

Released in 1986 on 'The Queen Is Dead' album, it's become…

11 years, 1 month ago

Gracias a la Vida

Gracias A La Vida - thank you to life - is a song that means a lot to many people around the world.

Recorded by artists as diverse as Joan Baez and t…

11 years, 1 month ago

Plaisir d'Amour/Can't Help Falling in Love With You

Marianne Faithfull recalls the classical French Love song which went on to inspire a 1960s hit record by Elvis Presley.

'Plaisir d'Amour' somehow fo…

11 years, 1 month ago

A Shropshire Lad

"Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the lan…

11 years, 1 month ago

Adagio in G minor

Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor, is one of the most popular and moving pieces of music.

But, as academic and composer Andrew Gant explains, it wasn't wri…

11 years, 8 months ago

Myfanwy

The hauntingly beautiful Welsh song Myfanwy 'is in the air in Wales' according to singer Cerys Matthews.

She along with others discuss what the melodi…

11 years, 8 months ago

Something Inside So Strong

Labi Siffre wrote Something Inside So Strong in 1984.

Widely believed to have been inspired by seeing film footage from South Africa, of young blacks…

11 years, 8 months ago