Claudia Hammond finds out to what extent music can influence the brain from a neurological perspective and how our musical tastes, education and preferences influence our lives. Show more

Tom Service and Why Music? resident experts Victoria Williamson and Philip Ball draw together some of the weekend's themes and answer questions from the audience and listeners. Show more

Tom Service explores what Schoenberg meant by dissonance and how he broke free from tonality in his music. Show more

Tom Service focuses on Schoenberg's own experience in the new atonal world that he entered, which the composer likened to being dropped in boiling water. Show more

Tom Service focuses on Schoenberg's objection to being dubbed a 'famous theoretician and controversial musician'. Show more

Drama documentary recreating the first performance of Handel's Messiah at London's Foundling Hospital in 1750, presented by Amanda Vickery and Tom Service. Show more

Tribute to the provocative composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who died in March, featuring extraordinary performances and documentary from the BBC's television archive. Show more

Tom Service is joined by contralto-conductor Nathalie Stutzmann and violinist-conductor Richard Tognetti. Plus the experiences of BAME composers in having their music published. Show more

Tom Service presents. Includes an interview with conductor Mariss Jansons, a celebration of Joplin and a visit behind the scenes at the New York Philharmonic's education programme. Show more

Tom Service explores music-making in Hull with some of the city's best folk musician. Plus folk collector Sam Lee, a profile of Ethel Leginska and the sounds of the Humber Bridge. Show more

Tom Service meets conductor and violinist Nikolaj Znaider and rediscovers Philip Glass's masterpiece Music in Twelve Parts as a new generation of musicians prepare to play it. Show more

Tom Service meets young composer Alma Deutscher, encounters a rarely performed Cavalli opera and explores cultural policies in the run-up to the UK general election. Show more

Composers Thomas Ades and Gerald Barry talk to Tom Service about the 'explosive' music of Beethoven as well as their own work. Plus The Beatles' album Sgt Pepper at 50. Show more

Tom Service pays tribute to conductor Jiri Belohlavek and talks to pianist Evgeny Kissin, composer Daniel Schnyder and explores gender issues in media composition. Show more

Tom Service explores how sound and music in wildlife and nature films alter our perception of the natural world. How does music help tell stories of the natural environment? Show more

Tom Service interviews operatic bass Sir Willard White. Plus a book about Mozart's pet starling, the music of Canada's indigenous people and composer Huang Ruo on his new project. Show more

Tom Service hears from conductor Semyon Bychkov and composer Brian Irvine. Plus a discussion about music and landscape architecture with David Nicholas Buck and Kate Romano. Show more

Tom Service explores how sound and music in wildlife and nature films alters our perception of the natural world. Show more

Tom Service talks to pianist Andras Schiff, discovers the British artist Tom Phillip's multimedia opera Irma, and celebrates 30 years of the BCMG with a trip down the canals. Show more

Conductor Sakari Oramo talks about Sibelius, Phelim McDermott discusses Verdi's Aida, and Paul Driver and Frances Wilson debate the legacy of music critic Ernest Newman. Show more