Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, the first of two BBC concerts presenting a panorama of Spanish music, ancient and modern, to mark the Columbus anniversary.

Anon Cantigas de Santa Maria - The Dufay Collective

8.20 Profit or Loss?
Rodrigo de Zayas reflects on the transition from the cultural diversity and pluralism of late 13th century Spain at the time of Alfonso X to the monolithic autocracy of the reign of the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella two centuries later.

8.40 Hidalgo Alegrias (first UK performance) - Gerhard Leo, Andrew West (piano), Matrix Ensemble/Robert Ziegler

9.20 How a City Sings
Ian Gibson searches out the voice of Granada, the city which inspired Spain's most celebrated poet and playwright, Federico Garcia Lorca.

9.40 Falla El Retablo de Maese Pedro; El Trujanan - Sam Pay (treble)

Maese Pedro - Adrian Thompson (tenor)

Don Quixote - Matthew Best (bass) Maggie Cole (h'chord) Matrix Ensemble/Robert Ziegler