Joanna Lumley & The Maestro

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Welcome To The English School

Have you ever wondered how musical styles become synonymous with certain countries, regions and places? What is it about the Italian school that defines it from, say, the Nordic or the French school? In this episode Joanna and Stephen take a whistle stop tour through 2 centuries of ‘The English School’, exploring everyone from Elgar to Goehr, Sullivan and Stanford.

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  Rob Brydon: Springsteen, Miles Davis and paying homage to The King

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  Bonus Brydon: Mashups, Richard Burton and 'The Swinging Doors'

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  Rule Breakers: Gesualdo, Beethoven and Stravinsky

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  Unsung Heroes: Charles Koechlin and Magic of The Jungle Book

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  Aled Jones: Teenage Choirs, Richard Branston and the Music of Everything

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  Unsung Heroes: Lili Boulanger, Prodigy meets Tragedy

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  Stephen Fry and the Virtuosity of Classical Music

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  Great Conductors, Musical Signatures and Whizz Kids

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  Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan on the making of 'Maestro'

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  Child Prodigies, The Jocundity of Rossini and The Big Snare Drum

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  Bonus Christmas Ken Bruce

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  Merry Christmas From Joanna & the Maestro

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  Concerts, Carols & All Things Christmas

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  Anna Lapwood: Bach, Lutosławski & The Ministry of Sound

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  Bonus Stephen Fry: The Audience, Artificial Intelligence and a very un-Hol…

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  The Glorious British Brass Band