Rob Cowan presents music including Schumann from Horowitz, a favourite Bach chorale and ballet music for the Sun King. Plus a contender for the Nation's Favourite Aria. Show more
With James Jolly. Dohnanyi: American Rhapsody. Purcell, arr Britten: I'll sail upon the Dog-star. Bach: Orchestral Suite No 2. Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks). Show more
Donald Macleod explores stories of love, revolution and socialist realism in operas from Mascagni, Catalani, Giordano and Puccini. Show more
Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake perform songs by Brahms and Mahler at St George's Hall, Liverpool. Including Brahms: Es traumte mir, Op 57 No 3. Mahler: Errinerung. Show more
Ian Skelly with music played by Radio France's orchestras. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 (soloist Francois-Frederic Guy). Bartok: Divertimento for Strings. Brahms: Violin Concerto. Show more
From Bristol Cathedral. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Including the start of the A-Z of Opera, where A is for aria, plus listeners' suggestions of operatic As. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents the LSO performing under Colin Davis. Haydn: Symphony No 97 in C. Mozart: Concerto No 17 in G (soloist - Mitsuko Uchida). Nielsen: Symphony No 4. Show more
Matthew Sweet chairs an 'international review' edition, reviewing Ferdinand Mount's new book and the film Eyes Wide Open, and featuring arts and cultural news from around the world. Show more
Donald Macleod explores stories of love, revolution and socialist realism in operas from Mascagni, Catalani, Giordano and Puccini. Show more
Christopher Ricks's series about short poems that are worth remembering explores John Clare's I Found and TS Eliot's Morning at the Window. Show more
Max Reinhardt's selection includes Troupe Folklorique Peulh du Macina, Scottish Renaissance monk Robert Carver, Delta bluesman Robert Johnson and Salem Tradition from Reunion. Show more
John Shea with music by Doppler, Vilek, Mompou, Bizet, Debussy, Rossini, Haydn, Mozart, Roussel, Schumann, Telemann, Moyzes, Lisinski, Lassus, Haydn and Stainov. Show more