FROM CABLE TO TABLE

Deep Purple’s longest-serving guitarist Steve Morse on the records, artists and gigs of lasting significance to him.

Claire Jackson’s opinions on Brahms (Hero or Hype?; August) resonated with me. I studied his First Symphony for O-Level, and his Fourth for A-Level. Then at college, my piano teacher insisted I learn

6.30-9.30am Breakfast 9.30am-1pm Essential Classics 1-2pm Live from Wigmore Hall 2-4pm Classical Live 4-5pm Composer of the Week John Rutter 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm Classical Mixtape 7.30-9.45pm Radio

Saturday 8–Friday 14 November

A new 50th-anniversary box set illuminates the rock titans’ 1975 masterpiece – and some. All that’s missing is an ambient dance mix, says Mark Blake.