Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard set in Vienna just before the outbreak of WW1 that asks whether Vienna really was the musical capital of Europe. Written by Professor David Wyn Jones

Writer Pat Barker is fascinated by the First World War. Here she selects her music choices. From Private Passions.

Part of Radio 3's Music on the Brink. Paul Farley journeys down France's sleepiest river whose character belies its violent history.