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This week Joanna and Stephen are joined by a very special guest, Stephen's personal piano tuner, David Widdicombe. From concert grands, upright 'domestics' and honkytonks, David has tuned them all. Having worked with the world's most prestigious piano makers, Steinway, for 3 deca ... Show More

This week we’re diving into two 'bohemian' heroes of classical music, Bohuslav Martinů and Leoš Janáček. Stephen remembers encountering the music of Martinů at Cambridge, and being confronted by ‘pure simple joy’ of it. From the lyricism of Martinů, we work back towards Janáček – ... Show More

Which note could the Maestro not live without? Where are all the female composers? And is there a better quintet going than Franz Schubert's Trout? In this mini episode Joanna puts your questions to the Maestro. 

If you could ask BBC Radio 3 one question about music, what would it be? Sue Perkins and Tom Service are here to unravel everything you've ever wondered about music - but were too afraid to ask... Send YOUR questions to r3qt@bbc.co.uk, tweet with the hashtag #r3qt or post them on ... Show More

Today is a bit of an unusual episode. Last month I was invited by the British Society of Aesthetics to address their annual conference. My task was to give a lecture on whatever topic I wanted, having to do with music. So, considering it was an Academic Philosophy conference, I c ... Show More

Feeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 2 of the third Series of Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Field, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Scriabin, and the first offering of a movem ... Show More

Feeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the the first episode of the third series of Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Chopin, Tchaicovsky and Satie. 

Send us a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 3 of the Fifth Series in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Scarlatti, Chopin, Antonio Fragasco, Samuil Maykapar, Bortkiewic ... Show More

En este episodio hablamos un poco sobre qué es la música, lo que nos hace sentir y las diferentes perspectivas de las personas al escuchar sus diferentes géneros. 

Send us a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the the Episode 2 of Series 5 in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Gluck, Faure, Lyadov, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Mvt 2 of Beethoven's ... Show More

If you continuously find that the people you show your music to don't respond in the overwhelming positive way you had hoped for, this episode might be for you. Nic Rollo explains how to create music that people will enjoy. 

Feeling stressed? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle relaxing music for you to ease into. Come and join me as your host, James Quinn as I take you through some wonderful music as I play for you on my own piano ranging from Bach, Mozart, Chopin and more. In this episode I ... Show More