Making of Music

Last Edited: 05-Aug-2019
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Broadcast on both Radio 3 and Radio 4 each day. The following are Radio 4 recordings.

Date Title Cast Parameters
04-Jun-2007 to
08-Jun-2007
  1. Origins
  2. Notre-Dame
  3. Troubadours
  4. Burgundy
  5. The Renaissance
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt
14:06, 13232, S
14:11, 13298, S
13:52, 13010, S
13:50, 12980, S
14:19, 13296, S
11-Jun-2007 to
15-Jun-2007
  1. The Reformation
  2. The Counter-Reformation
  3. Venice
  4. Elizabeth I
  5. The Birth of Opera
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt
13:56, 13071, S
13:37, 12777, S
14:02, 13167, S
13:23, 12547, S
13:52, 13012, S
18-Jun-2007 to
22-Jun-2007
  1. The Sun King
  2. The Violin
  3. The Puritans
  4. The Restoration
  5. Bach in Leipzig
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt
13:43, 12867, S
13:43, 12870, S
13:48, 12942, S
13:45, 12898, S
13:38, 12788, S
25-Jun-2007 to
29-Jun-2007
  1. Bach's St Matthew Passion
  2. Handel
  3. Rameau and the Philosophes
  4. Music and Society
  5. Haydn and the Esterhazys
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt
13:42, 12850, S
13:44, 12889, S
13:44, 12876, S
13:53, 13018, S
13:48, 12940, S
02-Jul-2007 to
06-Jul-2007
  1. Mozart
  2. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
  3. The French Revolution
  4. Beethoven
  5. Beethoven's Eroica
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt
13:54, 13041, S
13:36, 12762, S
13:47, 12935, S
13:28, 12632, S
14:04, 13200, S
09-Jul-2007 to
13-Jul-2007
  1. Schubert and the Piano
  2. Weber and German Romanticism
  3. Virtuosi
  4. Grand Opera
  5. Albertopolis
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt

13:49, 12966, S
13:56, 13074, S
13:44, 12882, S
13:47, 12930, S
13:57, 13080, S
10-Sep-2007 to
14-Sep-2007
Series 2
  1. The Shock of the Future
  2. Mother Russia
  3. Viva Verdi
  4. My Country
  5. Wagner
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt



13:43, 12861, S
13:44, 12891, S
13:42, 12855, S
14:16, 10039, S
14:04, 13189, S
17-Sep-2007 to
21-Sep-2007
  1. Exotic Paris
  2. Fakes and Mystics
  3. Pre-War Vienna
  4. Elgar
  5. A Riot
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt

13:42, 12853, S
13:55, 13053, S
13:43, 12862, S
13:43, 12867, S
13:45, 12903, S
24-Sep-2007 to
28-Sep-2007
  1. The End of the Hapsburgs
  2. The Path to War
  3. Out of Fashion
  4. Revolution in Russia
  5. Jazz
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt

13:49, 12969, S
13:51, 12992, S
13:39, 12798, S
13:30, 12669, S
13:40, 12826, S
01-Oct-2007 to
05-Oct-2007
  1. Into the Past
  2. Music for the Masses
  3. Cinema
  4. Stalin
  5. The Depression
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt

13:47, 12929, S
13:44, 12876, S
13:35, 12740, S
13:39, 12798, S
13:44, 12883, S
08-Oct-2007 to
12-Oct-2007

  1. Second World War: Those Who
    Stayed put
  2. Those Who Got Away
  3. Britain Victorious
  4. The Modernists
  5. Leonard Bernstein
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt

13:45, 12898, S
13:44, 12878, S
13:45, 12902, S
13:36, 12758, S
13:33, 12712, S
15-Oct-2007 to
19-Oct-2007

  1. The Sixties
  2. Dissent
  3. The Impact of Technology
  4. A Time of Plenty
  5. The Making of Music
James Naughtie
Producers Rosie Boulton. Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt

13:41, 12836, S
13:42, 12855, S
13:35, 12743, S
13:21, 12520, S
13:49, 12964, S