Martin Handley presents a refreshing choice of music. Show more
Iain Burnside considers the system of musical patronage, focusing on Haydn's work at Esterhaza, Bach's at Cothen and Liszt's in Weimar. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents the first part of a Holy Week celebration from around Europe. With a rare chance to hear Frank Martin's oratorio Golgotha, plus Orthodox chant from Sofia. Show more
From Ely Cathedral. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents the conclusion of a special Holy Week celebration. Includes Rossini's Stabat Mater in a performance from Rome, and Elgar's Dream of Gerontius from Dresden. Show more
AL Kennedy explores the work and legacy of the so-called 'Glasgow Boys', a late 19th-century group of painters who were seen as Scotland's first modern artists. Show more
A sequence of music, poetry and prose celebrating the landscape of southern England, with readings by Tamsin Greig and Neil Pearson. With works by Edward Thomas, Belloc, Tippett. Show more
Julian Joseph talks to funk/fusion saxophonist Vincent Herring about his new album Morning Star, and also previews the 2010 Oxford Jazz Festival. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents Schubert's Octet in F, plus music by Prokofiev, Gorecki, Veress, Grieg, Vivaldi, Golestan, Lotti, Elsner, Kuula, Corelli, Sibelius, Strauss, Mozart, Albeniz. Show more
