Jackie Kay, Meredith Monk and Virtual Nature

Kate Molleson talks to Meredith Monk, plus Jackie Kay on blues pioneer Bessie Smith.

• 44 mins

Girl power in the 1940s

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

• 44 mins

Uighur culture, Richard Tognetti, business models

Richard Tognetti. New relationship musicians-agents? The book Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam.

• 45 mins

How music sculpts memory

The relationships between the crafts of porcelain and contemporary composition.

• 44 mins

Anne Queffélec

Pianist Anne Queffelec; a book on France and trauma during wars; the Endellion Quartet.

• 44 mins

Sandrine Piau, Geraldine Mucha, Steven Isserlis

Tom Service speaks to soprano Sandrine Piau and cellist Steven Isserlis.

• 44 mins

Celebrating a Century of Astor Piazzolla

Using archive, family members and musicians who played with him. Also Isabelle Faust.

• 44 mins

The fierce joys of Spring

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins

Music under threat in Kabul

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

• 44 mins

Renaud Capuçon, Cecilia McDowall, Michael Spitzer

French violinist Renaud Capuçon talks about his new recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto.

• 44 mins

A life in music

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

• 44 mins