Suzy Klein presents wide-ranging music, from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including at 9.30am Building a Library: Suk: Asrael. 10.30am Tallis Scholars 30 years of recording. 11.30am Disc of the Week: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique.
Ahead of the general election in 2010, Tom Service chairs a phone-in about the future of classical music and the arts with Ben Bradshaw, Ed Vaizey and Don Foster. Show more
Catherine Bott explores opera's origins in the courts of Florence and Rome, how it came to Venice during the 1637 carnival season and why it truly flourished there. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani performs Handel's Suite No 2, HWV427, plus sonatas by Scarlatti, a partita by Bach and a capriccio by Strauss. Show more
Lucy Duran presents sets from iconic Brazilian singer Carlinhos Brown and veteran Jamaican reggae vocalist Max Romeo performed at the Timitar Festival in Agadir, Morocco. Show more
Alyn Shipton is joined by critic and author John Walters to pick the best recordings by arranger and composer Gil Evans, well known for his collaborations with Miles Davis. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
From the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Adam Fischer conducts Julie Taymor's production of Mozart's Die Zauberflote. With Nathan Gunn as Papageno and Matthew Polenzani as Tamino. Show more
Writer Tahir Shah explores the square Djemaa el Fna in Marrakech, where storytellers, dancers, boxers, musicians and snake charmers gather and enchant the crowds. Show more
The Karol Szymanowski Quartet and viola player Lawrence Power perform Mozart's Quintet in D, K593, in a concert given at LSO St Lukes, London, in 2005. Show more
Zoe Martlew introduces a performance given by the Graham Fitkin Band at Kings Place in London, plus an interview with the composer. Includes Totti, MFV, Danse Real and Compress. Show more
Alyn Shipton and Irish singer Christine Tobin select the gems from blues legend Bessie Smith's ten year recording career that should form the basis of a collection of her work. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents music by Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Mozart, Boieldieu, Bach, Chopin, Vivaldi, Moniuszko, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Mozart, Richter, Debussy and Suk. Show more
