How many tunes can you hear going on a once? Three? Six? Many musicians think that counterpoint and its ultimate form - fugue - is the most difficult kind of technique for an audience to follow, though composers from Byrd to Bernstein found it fascinating. Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Philharmonic investigate music written by great contrapuntalists.

The programme ends with a close look at Beethoven's Symphony no. 3 'Eroica'. Show less