Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music including a Vivaldi Violin Concerto, a selection from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ballet, and songs sung by Gerald Finley and Miriam Makeba. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Wagner: Tannhauser Overture. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien. Bull: Visit to a Summer Farm. Ravel: Deux Epigrammes de Clement Marot. Delius: Brigg Fair. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses Schumann's move to Dusseldorf with its neighbouring mental asylum. And he reveals the tragic end to the composer's life - incarcerated in a mental asylum. Show more
Katie Derham presents the Gould Piano Trio performing at the 2010 Hay Festival. Schumann: Trio No 2, Op 80; Quartet in E flat, Op 47 - with David Adams (viola). Show more
Katie Derham presents Act 3 of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Plus music by Schumann: Elias Quartet in Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No 1 and the Dresden Staatskapelle in Symphony No 3. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With the Vertavo string quartet performing ahead of a concert at Wigmore Hall and Elizabeth Wallfisch. Plus the A-Z of Operea: R for recitative. Show more
Presented by Catherine Bott. In a concert from St David's Hall, Cardiff, Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in the Adagio from Mahler's Symphony No 10. Show more
JG Ballard's apocalyptic short story in which the Count manages to repel the advance of the army by magically re-arranging time. But how long can he continue? Show more
Presented by Catherine Bott. From St David's Hall, Cardiff, Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales with soloists in Mozart's Requiem. Show more
Ian McMillan presents a special 80th birthday interview with poet Roy Fisher and talks to novelist Benjamin Markovits on the relationship between truth and fiction. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses Schumann's move to Dusseldorf with its neighbouring mental asylum. And he reveals the tragic end to the composer's life - incarcerated in a mental asylum. Show more
Biographer John Worthen reconsiders the facts about Schumann's long and final episode of mental illness. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents highlights of a concert in Soweto marking the start of the 2010 World Cup. Including Amadou and Mariam, Angelique Kidjo, Vieux Farka Toure and Hugh Masekela. Show more
Jonathan Swain with music by Wagner, Strauss, Schoenberg, Sweelinck, Sibelius, Faure, Vivaldi, Haydn, Abel, Berlioz, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Lipinski, Tallis, Ravel, Bach, Gershwin. Show more
