Podcast Episodes

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Few songs can claim to be - quite literally - as far reaching as the 1967 classic 'Can't Take My Eyes off You'.

Former astronaut Christopher Ferguson…

12 years, 9 months ago

Gymnopédie No 1

Pascal Rogé is one of the world's greatest interpreters of French piano music.

From the seat of a concert hall piano, he leads us through a personal…

12 years, 9 months ago

Strange Fruit

"Southern trees bear a strange fruit, blood on the leaves and blood at the root..."

Billie Holiday's famous song expresses the horror and anguish of …

12 years, 9 months ago

Elgar's Dream of Gerontius

How the choral work The Dream of Gerontius, by Edward Elgar, has touched and changed people's lives.

For Terry Waite, it was the first piece of music …

13 years, 1 month ago

Don't Leave Me This Way

Don't Leave Me This Way was written in the early 1970s by songwriters Huff, Gamble and Gilbert.

They were the composers behind the famous black Americ…

13 years, 1 month ago

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

'Make Me a Channel of Your Peace' found its way into weddings, funerals and school assemblies.

Discover how this hymn has also embedded itself into th…

13 years, 2 months ago

Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar

Written by Joaquin Rodrigo in 1939, the Concierto de Aranjuez is a guitar classic.

He wrote it amid the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, and in circum…

13 years, 2 months ago

Lili Marlene

Stories of love, loss and friendship through the Second World War favourite, Lili Marlene.

She was made famous by Marlene Dietrich - with songs sung…

13 years, 2 months ago

Shipbuilding

Written by Elvis Costello and Clive Langer for Robert Wyatt, Shipbuilding was recorded in several versions by Elvis Costello himself, Suede, June Tab…

13 years, 6 months ago

Pergolesi's Stabat Mater

The Stabat Mater's imagines the sufferings of the Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross, and Pergolesi's 18th-century setting remains a choral favouri…

13 years, 6 months ago