Rob Cowan presents a refreshing choice of music. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Glinka: Grand Sextet. E Strauss: Bahn frei! J Strauss II: Vergnugungszug. Dvorak: Symphony No 7. Bach: Contrapunctus XIV (Art of Fugue). Gibbons: Magnificat. Show more
Donald Macleod charts Samuel Barber's ambivalent relationship with his country, including a spell in the army which was always very much on his own terms. Show more
Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform on period instruments. Mozart: Duo for violin and viola, K423. Beethoven: Septet in E flat, Op 20. Show more
A recent performance of Bellini's final opera I Puritani (The Puritans) set in England during the Civil War. Plus Schubert Impromptus played by Paul Lewis (piano). Show more
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With performances from the Joyful Company of Singers, directed by Peter Broadbent, and tenor Matthew Polenzani, accompanied by Julius Drake. Show more
From City Halls, Glasgow, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Lyadov's Eight Russian Folk Songs for orchestra and Stravinsky's Concerto in D for violin and orchestra. Show more
In Irene Nemirovsky's short story the well-heeled Monsieur Rose is forced to flee Paris as the chaos and panic of the Second World War gathers pace. The reader is David Horovitch. Show more
From City Halls, Glasgow, Michal Dworzynski conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Rachmaninov's lush Second Symphony. Show more
Night Waves
Per Wastberg, Modern Masters, The Candidate, Heiner Goebbels
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Presented by Anne McElvoy. With Nobel literature prize chair Per Wastberg, a review of Modern Masters, a BBC TV series on modern art, and Don Guttenplan on the film The Candidate. Show more
Donald Macleod charts Samuel Barber's ambivalent relationship with his country, including a spell in the army which was always very much on his own terms. Show more
Nature writer Richard Mabey considers how poets, ornithologists and composers have attempted to analyse and understand why birds sing. Show more
Fiona Talkington's selection includes music from guitarist Jason Steele, Joni Mitchell, Kronos Quartet with singer Alim Qasimov and electronic project Sonnamble. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Veracini, Handel, Brahms, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Gratton, Blow, Mozart, Weber, Gilse, Haydn, Thomas, Liszt and Bach. Show more