Presented by Suzy Klein, who shares her personal choice of music. Show more
Iain Burnside explores how performance on period instruments and with historically informed style has affected our appreciation of music from the medieval period to Elgar. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is Scottish writer Janice Galloway, whose choices include pieces by both Schumanns as well as Handel, Chopin, Purcell, Mozart and Britten. Show more
Robert Hollingworth explores Monteverdi's powerful fourth book of madrigals and plays recordings by Concerto Italiano, the Consort of Musicke, I Fagiolini and La Venexiana. Show more
Fiona Talkington with listeners' requests, including Ibert's flute concerto, the Bach Choir and Marianne Faithfull in a song by Lennon/McCartney, and Beethoven's quartet, Op 135. Show more
From Wells Cathedral on Holocaust Memorial Day. Show more
Stephen Johnson is joined by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Nicholas Kraemer to explore two great works of the Baroque - the Vivaldi and Bach Double Concertos. Show more
Aled Jones talks to choral conductor and composer David Willcocks to learn about the pieces he chose for a special recording by the BBC Singers to celebrate his 90th birthday. Show more
Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins head a Scottish cast in Chekhov's classic drama. When actress Irina Arkadina arrives at her brother's estate, tempers inevitably get frayed. Show more
Tom de Waal visits the Soumela Monastery near Trabzon in Turkey, where Pontic Greeks from all over the world gather every year to celebrate the feast of the Virgin. Show more
Michael Maloney and Lesley Sharp read poems and texts exploring the face, including Christina Rossetti, Marlowe, Wilde and Ovid. With music by Gershwin, Purcell and Gurney. Show more
Julian Joseph talks to prolific composer and arranger Colin Towns about his latest project, which features arrangements of the music of Miles Davis. Show more
John Shea presents music by Schubert, Barber, Haydn, Bach, Brahms, Schumann, Mozart, Josquin, Telemann, Beethoven, Liszt, Popper, Mozart, Bartok, Dohnanyi, Spohr, Liszt and Wagner. Show more
