Ian Skelly presents music including a work for film by Shostakovich, string quartet music by Janacek and a vocal piece by Whitacre. Show more

Suzy Klein explores the musical character of metals: brass, steel, gold, silver and platinum - with music by Janacek, Prokofiev, Bach and Strauss. Plus a rare vintage recording. Show more

Michael Berkeley's guest is composer John Adams, whose musical choices include Sousa, Duke Ellington and the Beach Boys, as well as Beethoven, Schubert, Hagen, Wagner and Debussy. Show more

Catherine Bott explores the background to the Air de Cour or French court song, a hugely influential kind of music with a distinctive and individual atmosphere. Show more

Chi-chi Nwanoku previews the 2010 BBC Young Musician final, with listeners' choices of recordings from past competitors and also presents music by Orff, Paganini and Messiaen. Show more

From the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music at St Pancras Church. Show more

Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by special guest composer Debbie Wiseman to examine the art of composing music for films. Show more

Sarah Walker with the final of 2010's BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Three performers face their greatest challenge yet - performing a full concerto with the BBC NOW. Show more

Samuel Beckett's classic stage play, broadcast as a tribute to actor Corin Redgrave, who died in April 2010. Redgrave stars as the man who records a tape every year on his birthday. Show more

An adaptation of Samuel Beckett's play, directed by Stephen Rea. A man sits on the strand haunted by the sound of the sea, conjuring up memories from his past. Show more

Edward Seckerson tells the story of the early telephone's use in relaying live entertainment and news direct to subscribers' homes in the late 19th and early 20th century. Show more

Poetry, prose and music exploring the art of friendship, with readings by Robert Lindsay and Diana Quick. Including texts from Plutarch, Bacon, Ogden Nash, Auden and TS Eliot. Show more

Julian Joseph talks to piano great Ramsey Lewis about his new CD. Plus American tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi in a concert from 2009 at the Jazz Bar in Edinburgh. Show more