Rob Cowan presents music, news and the occasional surprise. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Purcell: Fairy Queen (excpts). Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (excpt). Beethoven: Octet in E flat. Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre. Schumann: Marchenbilder. Show more
Taking snapshots of Richard Strauss' life, Donald Macleod focuses on the year 1946, when the composer faced de-Nazification and yet wrote some of his most popular music. Show more
In a concert given at City Halls, Glasgow, celebrating the enduring legacy of Bach, celebrated pianist Jacques Loussier performs his own versions of Bach and other composers. Show more
Louise Fryer presents music from the 2009 Lucerne Festivals. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 (soloist - Jorg Widmann). Brahms: Piano Quartet No 2. Plus Prokofiev and Mahler. Show more
Rufus Wainwright, composer of new opera Prima Donna, sings and plays live on the show and Sean interviews organist extraordinaire Margaret Phillips about her new Bach album. Show more
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Julia Fischer in Bach partitas for violin at Wigmore Hall. Plus Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Show more
Ian McMillan presents an interview with The Wire writer George Pelecanos, new talent from BBC writersroom, and poems celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Show more
Taking snapshots of Richard Strauss' life, Donald Macleod focuses on the year 1946, when the composer faced de-Nazification and yet wrote some of his most popular music. Show more
Suzannah Lipscomb, research curator at Hampton Court Palace, explains why the year 1536 was pivotal in Henry's transformation in the public eye from a benign ruler to a tyrant. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents sounds from around the world, plus a studio session by Grammy award-winning Cuban pianist and bandleader Chucho Valdes. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music by Ravel, Poulenc, Haydn, Nielsen, Mahler, Beethoven, Bach, J Strauss II, Bruhns, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Lepnurn, Nenov, Rozycki, Chopin. Show more
