Fiona Talkington presents music including Frescobaldi, Faure, Sibelius and Seeger. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Pianist Alexander Melnikov; Disc of the Week: Songs by Britten, Finzi and Delius.
Tom Service explores the history of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, talks to Dutch composer Michel van der Aa, and reviews Christopher Page's new book about the early history of singing. Show more
Lucie Skeaping explores the music which accompanied the return of Halley's Comet to our skies between 1066 and 1759. Show more
Suzy Klein presents Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja performing an all-Schubert recital at the Wigmore Hall, London. Schubert: Impromptu in F minor, D935; Sonata in D, D850. Show more
Lucy Duran presents highlights from the Festival on the Niger 2008, with performances by desert blues artist Afel Bocoum, balafon virtuoso Neba Solo and singer Mangala Camara. Show more
Bassist Steve Swallow joins Alyn Shipton in front of an audience at 2010's Cheltenham Jazz Festival to discuss his finest recordings, including work with Art Farmer and Carla Bley. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
From the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Fabio Luisi conducts soprano Marlis Petersen as Lulu, the eponymous scandalous femme fatale of Berg's opera Lulu. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents works from two Irish new music festivals, an investigation of the new music scene in Iceland and a composer diary entry from Mira Calix and Tansy Davies. Show more
Mike Westbrook talks to Alyn Shipton to select highlights from his long recording career, including music by his big band and his trio, plus settings of works by William Blake. Show more
John Shea with music by Berlioz, Fanny Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn, Bach, Prokofiev, Debussy, Paganini, Lajtha, Scarlatti, J Strauss II, Halvorsen, Mozart, Vivaldi, Chopin, Beethoven. Show more
