Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, who shares her personal choice of music.

With Sarah Walker. Includes Bach: Organ Concerto in D minor. Bizet: Carmen (excerpt). Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K297b. Franck: Choral for Organ. Bach: St Mark Passion. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Schnittke's early career, culminating in his brilliant oratorio Nagasaki, a work that resulted in his being blacklisted for decades. Show more

Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano) perform sonatas by Prokofiev and Shostakovich from Wigmore Hall, London. Show more

Presented by Penny Gore. BBC SSO and soloist Christian Tetzlaff in Brahms's Violin Concerto. BBC Philharmonic, CBSO and Chorus in Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust. Show more

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With a gospel performance from the London Adventist Chorale ahead of a forthcoming recital and Eva Meier in cabaret songs by Brecht and Hollaender. Show more

Pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly perform Mendelssohn's youthful First Concerto. Plus Mahler's valedictory Tenth Symphony. Show more

Matthew Sweet talks to playwright and poet Frank McGuinness about his new play. Plus science writers Brian Appleyard and Gabrielle Walker on the 1970s' predictions of a new ice age. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Schnittke's early career, culminating in his brilliant oratorio Nagasaki, a work that resulted in his being blacklisted for decades. Show more

In a series introducing the work of Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza. Professor Justin Champion of Royal Holloway, University of London, profiles Spinoza's life and key works. Show more

Jez Nelson presents a gig by US trio Fly recorded at Charlie Wright's for the 2009 London Jazz Festival. Featuring Mark Turner on tenor sax and Larry Grenadier on double bass. Show more