BBC Music August 2014

Tasmin Little Helen Wallace meets the brilliant violinist ahead of her performance of Moeran's Violin Concerto at the BBC Proms

Sir James Galway James Naughtie talks to the famous flautist

15 Composers abroad Rick Jones follows the trail of the composers who couldn't ignore their wanderlust

Music critics Stephen Johnson looks at the role of music's often despised appraisers through history

Jean-Philippe Rameau The life and music of one of the great masters of French Baroque opera


Symphonie fantastique The best recordings of Berlioz's monumental work

Plus, on your free CD: piano sonatas by Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven performed by BBC New Generation Artist Louis Schwizgebel. Click on the button below to download the CD inlay.