6 MAY 2018 · This episode explores the extraordinary life of the Russian poet Elisabeth Kulmann and the settings of her poems to music by Robert Schumann. The featured recital is performed by Mhairi Lawson and Eugene Asti, recorded at the Oxford Lieder Festival in 2016.

1 JUN 2017 · Episode 4 sees Ben and Mark discuss the feelings of dead people, music set to texts by Rupert Christiansen and Hugh Canning, and unlocking your inner tenor with Roddy Williams. The highlight of the episode is a recital of the Rellstab settings of Schubert's Schwanengesang performed by Roddy and Susie Allen from The Oxford Lieder Festival 2016.

20 MAR 2017 · In this episode Ben and Mark discuss the love of Brahms' life, his voluptuous beard, and getting drunk with Tchaikovsky. With an exclusive performance of the Liebeslieder wales from innovative group Songspiel.

5 MAR 2017 · This episode features an exclusive performance of Schumann's very first songs, composed when he was still a teenager writing poetry in his bedroom. Some of these song texts are in fact his own, and we're treated to a performance of them from tenor Stuart Jackson and pianist Sholto Kynoch, with some insightful chat from Ben and Mark and an interview with Sholto afterwards.

22 FEB 2017 · A preview of our forthcoming episode featuring tenor Stuart Jackson and pianist Sholto Kynoch

19 FEB 2017 · Episode 1 of The Recital Room. Benedict Nelson and Mark Stone chat about Beethoven, poetic doctors, and how not to impress the opposite sex with musical tribute. Featuring an exclusive performance of Beethoven's seminal song cycle An die ferne Geliebte by English duo Ben Johnson and Sholto Kynoch. Credits Symphony no. 5 in Cm, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio; Symphony no. 5 in Cm, Op. 67 - IV. Allegro - Fulda Symphonic Orchesta - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode Leonore Overture no. 1, Op. 138 - University of Chicago Orchestra - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode Bagatelle no. 25 ''Für Elise'', WoO 59 - ?https://musopen.org/music/2456/ludwig-van-beethoven/bagatelle-no-25-fur-elise-woo-59/ - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode 3csceuj9

12 FEB 2017 · The opening episode of the Recital Room podcast. Ben and Mark introduce the series.