Presented by Ian Skelly. Start the day with a refreshing choice of music. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet; Recent piano concerto recordings, including Schumann and Brahms; Disc of the Week: Mahler's Lieder.
Petroc Trelawny reports from Istanbul on the state of classical music in the city. Will it seize its opportunity to showcase its cultural riches in its year as Capital of Culture? Show more
Catherine Bott pays tribute to soprano Tessa Bonner who died in 2008, and considers the contribution that versatile singers like her have made to the early music scene. Show more
The Michelangelo Quartet perform a recital at the Wigmore Hall in London. Shostakovich: String Quartet No 1 in C, Op 49. Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Rasumovsky). Show more
Moshe Morad visits Istanbul in search of traditional music. With a live session from gypsy clarinettist Selim Sesler, troubador songs and a recording of and Alevi ceremony. Show more
Pianist Keith Tippett joins Alyn Shipton to pick highlights of his recorded catalogue. His projects range from the 50-piece orchestra Centipede to smaller improvised solo concerts. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk. Show more
From the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Marco Armiliato conducts Juan Diego Florez as Tonio and Diana Damrau as Marie in Donizetti's comic opera. Show more
By Abbie Spallen. Listening to the black box recording of an ill-fated transatlantic flight, analyst Michael Shorthall comes across an unexpected and mysterious sound. Show more
Music by two composers associated with the English experimentalist tradition: Laurence Crane's enigmatic miniatures, followed by Michael Nyman's personal brand of minimalism. Show more
Tom Service interviews George Benjamin and introduces a concert of his music, ranging from piano solo to chamber orchestral, played by the London Sinfonietta and the composer. Show more
Lucie Skeaping on the history of the symphonie, focusing on hurdy-gurdys, spinets and virginals, a tale that the dulcimer is as old as the Bible, plus overtures and interludes. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music by Glinka, Rachmaninov, Dvorak, Stradella, Ravel, Gershwin, Bach, Hammerschmidt, Mozart, Handel, Glazunov, Weill, Grieg, Goleminov, Strauss and Schutz. Show more
