Rob Cowan presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises. Show more
With James Jolly. Moniuszko: Overture (Halka). Finck: Instrumental dances for shawms, viols and recorders. Gorecki: 3 Pieces in the Old Style. Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante No 1. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the effect on Arne's career of his bad treatment of his estranged wife. It only confirmed people's already low opinion of his character. Show more
A performance by clarinettist Michael Collins and the Brodsky Quartet. Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet for clarinet and strings, Op 31. Brahms: Quintet in B minor, Op 115. Show more
Jonathan Swain with music by Chopin and others influenced by him. Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante. Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust. Plus Shostakovich. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax joins Sean in the studio prior to a concert at the Barbican, London. Plus music from flamenco guitarist Eduardo Niebla. Show more
Presented by Martin Handley. The OAE is conducted by Ivan Fischer in another part of its Beethoven symphony cycle. Symphony No 2 in D; Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica). Show more
Philip Dodd talks to Nobel prize-winning author Jean Marie Le Clezio as a new translation of his great novel Desert is published. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the effect on Arne's career of his bad treatment of his estranged wife. It only confirmed people's already low opinion of his character. Show more
Writer Michael Bird, who lives in St Ives in Cornwall, discusses the rejuvenating effect of the light, the weather, the waves and even the people there. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents a session featuring Norwegian experimental guitarist Stian Westerhus with Indian vocalist Swati Natekar. Plus music from Shropshire singer Fred Jordan. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents music, beginning with Mahler's Symphony No 8, plus Vivaldi, Rosetti, Panufnik, Brahms, Reicha, Rodrigo, Bach, Mozart, Piazzolla, Dvorak, Janacek and Debussy. Show more
