Rob Cowan presents a refreshing choice of music. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne (selection). Brahms: String Sextet No 2 in G. Scarlatti, arr Tommasini: The Good-Humoured Ladies. Balakirev: Tamara. Show more
Donald Macleod explores how, as he reached maturity, Dvorak's determination to become a great opera composer began to pay off. With excerpts from Dimitrij and The Cunning Peasant. Show more
Penny Gore presents a recital given at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, with Shen Yang (bass-baritone) and Llyr Williams (piano) performing songs by Schubert, Brahms and Wolf. Show more
Berlin Philharmonic/Andras Schiff (keyboard) in Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No 1. Haydn: Symphony No 100. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20. Plus Christian Thielemann in Brahms: Nanie. Show more
From the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Including the A-Z of Opera, where F is for Fach, plus listeners' suggestions for operatic Fs. Show more
Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy. From Perth Concert Hall, the BBC Singers perform choral music with a Scottish flavour, including Thea Musgrave, Robert Johnson, Robert Carver. Show more
Historian Domhnall Uilleam Stiubhart of Edinburgh University's Celtic department and archaeologist Steven Birch explore the mysterious High Pasture Cave on the island of Skye. Show more
Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy. Concluding a concert with a Scottish slant, the BBC Singers perform works by MacMillan, Black, Blackhall, Vaughan Williams, Boughton and Schumann. Show more
Night Waves
Michael Burleigh, Sean Sculley and Abstraction, Opera: Do the Words Matter?
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Presented by Rana Mitter. With economist Muhammad Yunus on his new book, Michael Burleigh on moral perceptions of different sides in World War II and the work of artist Sean Scully. Show more
Donald Macleod explores how, as he reached maturity, Dvorak's determination to become a great opera composer began to pay off. With excerpts from Dimitrij and The Cunning Peasant. Show more
Jonathan Sawday charts how science became one of the unexpected beneficiaries of Charles II's Restoration offering new ways of thinking about the world. Show more
Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes BJ Nilsen's wasp-inspired creations, cello music by Lutoslawski, xylophone music from Bali and Beatrix Ward-Fernandez playing theremin. Show more
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