Music in Time covers the music over the course of time between the pre-Gregorian time period up to the post-modern time period and is split into sixteen parts that run for an hour each. This in depth point of view of music has many performances of orchestras, ballets, operas, compositions that are all performed by acclaimed conductors and artists. James Galway, a world renowned musician nicknamed "the man with the golden flute", narrates the series. There is also a textbook available that goes along with the series. This is a great DVD video series to check out for music classrooms, music aficionados, music instructors, and devoted music lovers.