



Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: Imogen Holst - The Reluctant Composer
Presented by John Wilkinson

Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: Arnold Bax's Irish Awakening
Presented by David Taylor

Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: Shostakovich: Verbal Compliance, Musical Defiance
Presented by Felicity Cronin

Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: What Might Have Been
Presented by Michael Leighton-Jones

Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: Cecil Sharp and Folksongs
Presented by John Wilkinson

Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: Frank Bridge's Unique Stylistic Musical Journey
Presented by David Taylor

Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: A Brief History of the Cello Concerto
Presented by Felicity Cronan.

Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: 1926 - The Year in Review
Presented by John Wilkinson

Illuminations Summer Season 2025-26: Symphonies at Sixteen! Mozart, Schubert, Arriaga and Mendelssohn
Presented by Michael Leighton-Jones

Mid-year Illuminations Series: In The Realm of the Senses: (Love, Lust and the Whole Damn Thing)
Presented by Peter Dodds. Broadcast 31/08/2025 and repeated 05/09/2025 Crooner Bob Merrill opined that “love makes the world go round”, and this week’s Illuminations is devoted to the love-lorn and the love-torn. From the orgasmic excesses of Tristan and Isolde, to the regrets (they had a few), o…