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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Tom Service takes a journey through Russia on the trail of the melodies of Russian giant Sergei Rachmaninoff. A celebration of a composer's musical triumph over critical adversity. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Producer:
Ben Whalley
Director:
Ben Whalley
Executive Producer:
Mark Cooper
Participant:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Participant:
Denis Matsuev
Participant:
Steven Isserlis
Participant:
Stephen Hough
Participant:
Vladimir Jurowski
Participant:
Lucy Parham
Participant:
James Rhodes

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Profile of Britain's greatest ever classical pianist and of one of the most successful musical partnerships of the last 50 years, that of John Ogdon and wife Brenda Lucas Ogdon. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
David Notman-Watt
Producer:
Zoe Dobson
Director:
Zoe Dobson
Participant:
John Ogdon
Participant:
Brenda Ogdon
Participant:
Richard Ogdon
Participant:
Annabel Ogdon
Participant:
Rodney Friend
Participant:
Bryce Morrison
Participant:
Stephen Hough
Participant:
Brian Masters
Participant:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Participant:
Peter Donohoe
Participant:
Cleo Laine
Participant:
Clive Barda
Participant:
Kozzie Barda
Participant:
Michael Kerr

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary about Christopher Nupen, a pioneering film director who championed classical music on television, seizing upon his unique access to a golden generation of musicians. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Stephen Fry
Featured Artist:
Christopher Nupen
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Barenboim
Interviewed Guest:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Interviewed Guest:
Pinchas Zukerman
Interviewed Guest:
David Attenborough
Interviewed Guest:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Lord Grade
Interviewed Guest:
John Williams

Music Matters

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Russian-born pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy talks to Tom Service about performance, his early studies in Soviet Russia and what continues to motivate him musically. Show more