Rob Cowan presents music including Bach from Stuttgart, Vaughan Williams from New York, Rossini from Chicago and Andreas Staier playing Schubert on a fortepiano. Show more
With James Jolly. Sullivan: Overture (The Mikado). Rubbra: Fukagawa (Deep River). Koscak Yamada: The Dark Gate. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 2. Puccini: Madame Butterfly (excerpt). Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's decline into poverty and evaluates his reputation as the founder of Neapolitan opera. Including excerpts from La Griselda. Show more
Louise Fryer presents Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko performing an all-Chopin programme at the Ulster Hall, Belfast. Including Bolero, Op 19 and 24 Preludes, Op 28. Show more
With Louise Fryer. BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek in Martinu: Symphony No 5. Prokofiev: Symphony No 5. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (soloist - Paul Lewis). Martinu: Symphony No 6. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Including the A-Z of Opera, where M is for mad scene, plus listeners' suggestions for operatic Ms. Show more
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. CBSO under Andris Nelsons in Tchaikovsky: The Voyevoda. Strauss: Oboe Concerto (soloist - Rainer Gibbons). Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 (Pathetique). Show more
Presented by Ian McMillan. With a new short story from Tony Parsons, Guyanese poet Grace Nichols, Kevin Jackson on the King James Bible and an exploration of how poems make us feel. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's decline into poverty and evaluates his reputation as the founder of Neapolitan opera. Including excerpts from La Griselda. Show more
Countertenor Michael Chance talks about the challenge of being an opera singer on the road, spending most of his working life living out of a suitcase. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents new world music releases from across the globe, plus a studio session with Paris-based singer-songwriter Hindi Zahra. Show more
Susan Sharpe with music by Farrenc, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Bach, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Bennett, Schumann, Lisinski, Walton, Fischer, Villa Lobos, Ebner, Stravinsky, Dvorak, Beethoven. Show more
