Rob Cowan presents music by Beethoven, Albeniz, Gluck and Delibes. Show more
With James Jolly. Dvorak: Overture - My Home. Bach (after Vivaldi): Concerto in A minor for 4 harpsichords. Weber, arr Liszt: Polonaise brillante. Taneyev: Symphony No 1 in E minor. Show more
Donald Macleod on how composers like Puccini responded to the artistic currents prevailing at the beginning of the 20th century and how elements of verismo spread beyond Italy. Show more
The Tokyo Quartet perform at St George's Hall, Liverpool. Barber: String Quartet, Op 11. Takemitsu: A way a lone. Schumann: String Quartet in A, Op 41 No 3. Show more
Louise Fryer with music played by Radio France's orchestras. Stravinsky: Circus Polka. Schumann: Piano Concerto (soloist Lars Vogt). Stravinsky: The Firebird. Brahms: Symphony No 2. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With performances from soprano Anna Patalong, and German conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach. Plus A-Z of Opera: C for coloratura. Show more
Catherine Bott presents a concert from St David's Hall in Cardiff, with the BBC NOW under Jac van Steen in Mahler's Symphony No 6. Plus Shostakovich performing his own work. Show more
Presented by Ian McMillan. With a new work by Tracy Chevalier about the Underground Railroad, Toby Litt on rock stars who write, New Labour fiction and Jeff Opland on Xhosa Poetery. Show more
Donald Macleod on how composers like Puccini responded to the artistic currents prevailing at the beginning of the 20th century and how elements of verismo spread beyond Italy. Show more
Christopher Ricks's series about short poems worth remembering explores Mary Robinson's January 1795 and Elizabeth Daryush's Children of Wealth. Show more
Mary Ann Kennedy with a session by Chinese singer-songwriter Mamer, whose music combines the influences of Kazakh folk and American country. Plus new releases from around the globe. Show more
John Shea presents music by Dvorak, Milhaud, Liszt, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Corelli, Ligeti, Bree, Vaughan Williams, Chopin, Bacheler, Schubert, Marenzio, Debussy, Vivaldi. Show more
