Gerard Finzi was an English composer who wrote music that is serene, introspective, gentle, elegiac and above all very beautiful. It portrays the unrivalled beauty of the English countryside.

A full-blooded, no holds-barred performance of Verdi's Requiem by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Ryan Bancroft. Choral forces supplied by the BBC National Chorus of Wales with the Crouch End Festival Chorus. Soloists Latonia Moore, soprano, Karon Cargill, mezzo-soprano, SeokJong Baek, tenor and Soloman Howard, bass

The "Proms" is the world’s greatest festival of classical music, and also fantastic value for money. This podcast highlights ten concerts from the 2024 season that will appeal to those who like easy-listening classical music full of beautiful tunes and melodies. This podcast will be useful to complete beginners to classical music. 

In this podcast I present some of the most romantic music ever written, from opera, ballet, orchestral and choral.

The good news is you can enjoy classical music in London without spending large amounts of money, especially now given the cost-of-living crisis is affecting so many people – both London residents and visitors. In this podcast I list the London venues offering classical music and I highlight the ways you can enjoy this music inexpensively.

London's Southbank Centre is the UK's premier venue for classical music. In this podcast we select ten easy listening concerts from their exciting 2024 programme, covering the January-March period

This podcast tells the story of Maria Callas, the greatest soprano that ever lived - no question. We hear of her successful but turbulent career, her sad and unhappy love life, and lonely death. We also hear Callas sing 15 wonderful arias and duets

In this podcast I present 20 pieces of classical music which I think will appeal to children and will hopefully introduce them to the wonderful world of classical music. Each piece tells a story which will make it easy for children to relate to the music This is "grown-up" classical music, not music written specifically for children. Included are orchestral pieces, symphonies, concertos, ballets and opera

The greatest mezzo-soprano of the 20th century, admired the for the beauty and sensitivity of her singing in opera, lieder recitals, oratorio and choral works