Rob Cowan presents music by Monteverdi, Handel, Delius and Prokofiev, plus a look at some of the highlights from the latest Specialist Classical Chart. Show more
With James Jolly. Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto. Mozart: String Quintet in C minor, K406. Stravinsky: Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa (excerpts). Group of Three: Gesualdo Madrigals. Show more
Verismo: 2/5. Donald Macleod explores the influence of Mascagni's opera Cavalleria rusticana, a work featuring rivalry and infidelity, that has been cited as a watershed of verismo. Show more
Pianist Ewa Kupiec performs Chopin at St George's Hall, Liverpool: Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op 39; Tarantelle in A flat, Op 43; Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 45; Ballade, Op 47. Show more
Louise Fryer presents music from orchestras of Radio France. Mahler: Blumine. Schubert: Symphony No 8 (Unfinished). Mahler: Das klagende Lied. Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor. Show more
As part of the BBC's A Passion for Opera season, Sean Rafferty presents a special edition from the Paul Hamlyn Hall at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With Dmitri Horotovsky. Show more
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Performance by the CBSO under Andris Nelsons. Maskats: Tango. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 (soloist - Lars Vogt). Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances. Show more
Night Waves
Martha Nussbaum, Nina Bawden, Tudormania, Museum of London
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Presented by Anne McElvoy. With philosopher Martha Nussbaum's new book, Nina Bawden's shortlisting for the Lost Booker Prize, Anne Boleyn and Tudormania, and the Museum of London. Show more
Verismo: 2/5. Donald Macleod explores the influence of Mascagni's opera Cavalleria rusticana, a work featuring rivalry and infidelity, that has been cited as a watershed of verismo. Show more
Christopher Ricks's series about short poems worth remembering explores William Blake's Hail Matrimony and Algernon Charles Swinburne's A Leave-Taking. Show more
Max Reinhardt's varied selection includes a work from Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, the Carter Family and the Heavenly Gospel Singers, Kronos Quartet and Taverner. Show more
John Shea with music by Handel, Franck, Bellini, Mompou, Dutilleux, Debussy, Prokofiev, Eespere, Bach, Mendelssohn, Strauss, Chopin, Albinoni, Verdi, Liszt, Beethoven. Show more
