The Making of Music

The Making of Music is a BBC Radio 4 60-part documentary series on the history of Western classical music from plainsong to the present day. It consists of excerpts from the pieces discussed and a narration written and presented by James Naughtie. It is broadcast in 15-minute episodes on weekdays at 3.45pm, and followed up at 4pm by a 1-hour programme on BBC Radio 3 with full performances of some of the relevant works.

The first series of 30 episodes began on 4 June 2007, and was released on CD on 16 July 2007.[1] The second series was broadcast later in the same year, and released on CD in October 2007.

External links

Radio 4 homepage
Radio 3 homepage

BBC Radio 3

Programmes

Current	BBC Cardiff Singer of the World BBC Young Musician Between the Ears Breakfast Choral Evensong Composer of the Week Free Thinking Friday Night Is Music Night In Tune Late Junction Let the Peoples Sing Private Passions Episodes: 1995–1999 2000–2004 2005–2009 2010–2014 2015–2019 Since 2020 Record Review Euroclassic Notturno (as Through the Night)
Former	The Atkinson People The Brains Trust The Lysistrata Project The Making of Music Mixing It Patterson Singing Together The Quatermass Memoirs