All Episodes

Upbeats: Season 5, Episode 8 (Braving Opera)

Upbeats: Season 5, Episode 7 (Braving Arrangements)

Upbeats: Season 5, Episode 6 (Braving the Solo Guitar)

Upbeats: Season 5, Episode 5 (Braving Variations)

Upbeats: Season 5, Episode 4 (Braving the Solo Violin)

Upbeats: Season 5, Episode 3 (Braving The Trumpet)

Upbeats: Season 5, Episode 2 (Braving Halloween 2025)

Upbeats: Season 5, Episode 1 (Braving The Loss of Summer)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 20 (Braving The Viola)

Upbeats: Season 4, Bonus episode 2: Interview with Christiana Mavron (Mavron Quartet)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 19 (Braving Neoclassicism)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 18 (Braving The Clarinet)

Upbeats: Season 4, Bonus episode 1: Interview with Tabea Debus (recorder) and Samuele Telari (accordion)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 17 (Braving the Musical Zoo)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 16 (Braving Roots Music)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 15 (Braving the String Quartet)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 14 (Christmas Cracker 2024)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 13 (Braving The Harp)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 12 (Braving the Sax)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 11 (Braving Sinfonia Cymru)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 10 (Summer Bangers)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 9 (Braving Texture)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 8 (Braving Harmony)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 7 (The Magic of Melody)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 6 (Braving Rhythm)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 5 (Less can be more)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 4 (Upbeats Christmas Cracker)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 3 (Music of Protest)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 2 (Rain and Rainbows)

Upbeats: Season 4, Episode 1 (All things autumn. (And some concrete))

Upbeats: Episode 30 (Fanfares and Finales)

Upbeats: Bonus Track (JJ interviews Sali-Wyn Ryan)

Upbeats: Episode 29 (Braving the Orchestra)

Upbeats: Episode 28 (Braving Minimalism)

Upbeats: Episode 27 (Female Composers)

Upbeats: Episode 26 (Braving Sibelius and discovering 'The Voice of the North')

Upbeats: Episode 25 (Braving Brahms)

Tis the season to be cheesy?

The sacred power of the voice

Upbeats: Episode 22 (Who's scared of improvisation?)

Upbeats: Episode 21 (Can Music Still Shock?)

Upbeats: Episode 20 (Summer Music)

Upbeats: Episode 19 (Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony)

Upbeats: Episode 18 (Vaughan Williams' kaleidoscope of London)

Upbeats: Episode 17 (Music to Bridge Cultures)

Upbeats: Episode 16 (The best of both worlds?)

Upbeats: Episode 15 (January Light Music)

Upbeats: Episode 14 (Christmas Cracker)

Upbeats: Episode 13 (Choral Comforts)

Upbeats: Episode 12 (What's so 'pathétique' about Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony?)

Upbeats: Episode 11

Upbeats: Episode 10 (Music of the Sun)

Upbeats: Episode 9 (Lockdown Lifters)

Upbeats: Episode 8 (Spring)

Upbeats: Episode 7 (Can music be humorous?)

Upbeats: Episode 6 (All things Welsh)

Upbeats: Episode 5 (St Dwynwen/Valentine's Special)

Upbeats: Episode 4 (Christmas Special)

Upbeats: Episode 3 (It's not quite Christmas)

Upbeats: Episode 2 (Halloween Special)

Upbeats: Episode 1 (Pilot)

Music of Flora and Fauna

Music of the Sun and Moon

Music and the Sea

Music and Storms

Music and Birdsong

Birdsong: In conversation with Tony Whitehead

Fauré's Élégie with Jonathan James

Nicola Benedetti speaks about her cancelled concert with Aurora Orchestra

In conversation with Nick Collon (Aurora Orchestra Conductor)

Aurora Orchestra Podcast with Jonathan James