Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music, from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba. Show more
With James Jolly. Berlioz: Overture (Les francs-juges). Delius: Twilight Fancies. Mozart: Quintet in E flat, K452. Debussy: Pour le piano. Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G. Show more
Donald Macleod describes the unfortunate end of Johann Stamitz's sons, Carl and Anton, who went from rags to riches and back to rags again. With C Stamitz: Symphony in C, Op 13/16. Show more
Louise Fryer with music from 2009's Menlo chamber music festival. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546. Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne worte, Op 67 No 4. Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles (1953). Show more
Louise Fryer presents early music from 2009's European festivals. With Handel: Alessandro (excerpts). Plus music by Avison, Pollarolo, Handel, Hasse and Kraus. Show more
Conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini and director James Robinson tell Petroc Trelawny about their version of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio. Plus pianist Murray Perahia on Chopin. Show more
From St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. Catherine Bott presents the BBC Singers and St James's Baroque in Bach: Sinfonia, BWV174; Der Geist Hilft. Plus Kuhnau and Calvisius. Show more
Cinema historian Professor Ian Christie explores the impact of Bach's music on films, from Walt Disney's Fantasia to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. Show more
From St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. BBC Singers and St James's Baroque under David Hill in Bach: Sinfonia, BWV52. Telemann: Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes. Plus music by Schein. Show more
Ian McMillan presents a special edition of Radio 3's cabaret of the word, focusing on Turkish literature and featuring an interview with Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk. Show more
Donald Macleod describes the unfortunate end of Johann Stamitz's sons, Carl and Anton, who went from rags to riches and back to rags again. With C Stamitz: Symphony in C, Op 13/16. Show more
Author and critic Michael Bracewell explores all things German, which means travel and much speculation. Here, he returns, wiser, to Cologne. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents sounds from around the world, including a specially-recorded studio session by Dele Sosimi Afrobeat orchestra. Show more
John Shea presents music, including Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, plus Paganini, Grieg, Schubert, Vivaldi, Telemann, Lassus, Stradella, Brahms, Ruynemann, Fodor, Norman and Forster. Show more
