Brian Kay
Brian Kay's Secular Christmas
Brian Kay, conductor, broadcaster and ex-King's Singer, presents a selection of some of his favourite non-sacred music for the festive season. Audio
Stabat Mater
Brian Kay looks at the various ways composers have set the words of the Stabat Mater Audio
Music for Easter
Brian Kay explores the various ways composers have approached writing music for Holy Week and Easter. Audio
Brian Kay and The King's Singers (Part 2)
Tim Dodd talks with Brian Kay, the original bass in the all-male a cappella group formed in the mid-sixties by six friends at King's College, Cambridge and still going strong. Programme two of two. Audio
Brian Kay and The King's Singers (Part 1)
Tim Dodd talks with Brian Kay, the original bass in the all-male a cappella group formed in the mid-sixties by six friends at King's College, Cambridge and still going strong. Programme one of two. Audio
Light Music: Into the Future
Brian Kay presents a selection of favourite Light Music. Audio
Light Music: Signature Tunes
Brian Kay presents a selection of favourite 'Signature Tunes'. Audio
Light Music: Going Places
Brian Kay presents a selection of favourite Light Music. Audio
Words and Music - Flanders and Swann
The wonderfully witty words and impeccable comic timing of Michael Flanders and the irresistible tunefulness and elegantly turned piano accompaniments of Donald Swann took London by storm in the 1950s… Audio
Words and Music - Noel Coward
Noel Coward was one of the outstanding theatrical and entertainment celebrities of the first half of the 20th-Century. His background was remarkably similar to Ivor Novello, but his songs were a pole… Audio
Words and Music - Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello was a man of astonishing accomplishments: composer, playwright, actor, film star, producer and matinee idol but it's his songs - dripping with sentiment, romance and nostalgia - for which… Audio
Words and Music - Gilbert & Sullivan
Vastly different personalities from significantly different backgrounds, but together Gilbert and Sullivan created magic and still give enormous pleasure to many over a hundred years later. Presented… Audio
Words and Music - Introduction
Brian Kay takes general look at the field of Words and Music, before getting down to specifics. Included amongst others are examples from Stilgoe and Skellern, Tom Lehrer, Lerner and Loewe, Rodgers… Audio
Hodies
Brian Kay looks at settings of the Latin text 'Hodie Christus Natus Est', 'Today Christ is born', originally sung as antiphon to the Magnificat at Vespers on Christmas Day (RNZ) Audio
By Royal Command - Part 2
Brian Kay presents two programmes of music written for royal occasions in the United Kingdom. Audio
High-class Middlebrow
Brian Kay talks to conductor, composer and arranger Gavin Sutherland who has numerous light music recordings to his credit. Of the three conductors in this series he has the closest relationship to… Audio
By Royal Command - Part 1
Brian Kay presents two programmes of music written for royal occasions in the United Kingdom. Audio
High-class Middlebrow
Brian Kay talks to conductor and composer Ronald Corp, whose recordings of light music for Hyperion in the 90s became immensely popular and helped to re-ignite interest in the field of light music. Audio
High-class Middlebrow
Brian Kay talks to conductor, composer, arranger John Wilson, whose musical genius is behind many successful projects in light music and film music. His annual concert with his own orchestra has… Audio
Stabat Mater
Brian Kay looks at settings of the Stabat Mater in this programme first broadcast as part of his Choral Connections series. Audio