Beethoven's Symphony No 8, introduced by Paavo Järvi

• Monday, November 3, 2014

This maestro believes the Eighth still has the power to confuse musicians and academics alike

Jilly Cooper | My Music: ‘Children ought to be nailed to the piano! Music is terribly important‘

• Monday, November 3, 2014

The writer of the racing set has always loved music, and her novel Appassionata features a voluptuous violinist and an evil conductor…

90th anniversary interviews - Leopold Stokowski

• Sunday, November 2, 2014

Continuing our series of classic interviews - Leopold Stokowski talks to Alan Blyth (February 1970)

Wagner Parsifal

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

A survey of recordings of Wagner's iconic opera

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto – recommended recordings

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

One of the most daunting concertos in the violin repertoire, Tchaikovsky's masterpiece has benefitted from some classic interpretations on disc

Jonas Kaufmann on performing Lohengrin

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

An interview with Heinz Holliger

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

Alan Blyth talks to Heinz Holliger, November 1972

The Mysteries, Myths, and Truths about Mr Handel

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

David Vickers takes an in-depth look at the composer, his life, and works...

Valuable stringed instruments are disappearing from Britain with every auction that passes

• Friday, October 31, 2014

Beethoven's Symphony No 7, introduced by Michael Tilson Thomas

• Monday, October 27, 2014

San Francisco’s conductor on the symphony that is defined by its extraordinary rhythmic vitality

Survey: composers you love, hate, or are indifferent to

• Friday, October 24, 2014

Music arouses strong passions. Here's an opportunity to get the love or loathing you feel for certain composers' music off your chest...

The power of music

• Thursday, October 23, 2014

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrate 10 years 'at home' in Cadogan Hall

• Thursday, October 23, 2014

Thomas Adès, the dance composer

• Monday, October 20, 2014

As Thomas Adès prepares to conduct and perform his own music at Sadler's Wells, Sarah Kirkup asks what makes his music so great to dance to

Beethoven's Symphony No 6, introduced by Iván Fischer

• Monday, October 20, 2014

For this conductor, the ‘Pastoral’ Symphony represents the individual’s liberation through nature