Sylvius Leopold Weiss was such a stellar lute virtuoso one of his friends gave up and said, "Only Sylvius should play the lute." We'll enjoy one of his suites tonight.

Bach's Lute Suites are collections of dances that were popular at the time. You can dance along tonight as David Leisner performs one of them. Tune in at 8 pm on 91.1 and 107.5 FM and our music stream ...

The Dutch ex-punk and Jim Jarmusch bandmate talks about his passion to free up a hidebound repertoire and make its strings ‘a real pop instrument’ Nobody can accuse Jozef Van Wissem of doing things by ...

Wait long enough and an old-style musical instrument, much like an out-of-date piece of clothing, might eventually come back in fashion. Or do what lutenist Ronn McFarlane is doing and take an ...

From Mahler symphonies and Elizabethan lute songs to Disney and prog rock, this year’s season is brilliant and has something for everyone Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...