Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu reimagine Schubert's song cycle Winterreise in the wintry setting of an Alpine landscape. Show more
Music Matters
Karajan on BBC Four, A Celebration of the Viola, George Frideric Handel - A Life with Friends
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service reviews a new Handel biography with Robin Blaze and Tess Knighton, previews John Bridcut's TV documentary on conductor Herbert von Karajan and celebrates the viola. Show more
The eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s early history recount some of the triumphs and disasters as new frontiers of broadcasting were mapped out – often by accident rather than design. Show more
BBC TV’s first female newsreader, Nan Winton, tells the story of how she was sacked, and staff from the BBC’s monitoring service explain the role they played in defusing the Cuban Missile Crisis. Show more
The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history and how it handled social changes in Britain after the Second World War. Show more