Martin Handley presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Delibes' Coppelia; Recent releases of Romantic orchestral works; Disc of the Week: Beethoven violin sonatas.
Journalist Martin Kettle considers why in the most popular tragic operas the sopranos, and occasionally the mezzos, meet a gruesome end. Show more
Lucie Skeaping discusses some of the composers who lived and worked in Salzburg before Mozart's time, including Finck, Hofhaimer, Stadlmayr, Biber, Muffat and Michael Haydn. Show more
Presented by Katie Derham. From London's Wigmore Hall, Austrian soprano Genia Kuhmeier with pianist Helmut Deutsch perform music by Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak and Strauss. Show more
Writer and musician Banning Eyre travels across the state of North Carolina to hear the music and the stories of the older generation of US traditional musicians. Show more
John Etheridge joins Alyn Shipton to explore the key records of fellow guitarist Barney Kessel, one of the most prolific recording artists in jazz, but one of the least well-known. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
Suzy Klein presents a new production from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden of Verdi's Aida, one of the greatest love stories in opera. Featuring soprano Micaela Carosi. Show more
Elisabeth Leonskaya (piano) in Chopin: Nocturne; Nocturne in E flat; Sonata in B flat minor; Ballade in F; Ballade No 3 in A flat; Nocturne in C minor; Nocturne in F sharp minor. Show more
Ivan Hewett presents performances from the 2010 Canterbury Sounds New festival. He talks to event director Paul Max Edlin and introduces music by Xenakis, Cage and Boulez. Show more
Drummer Jake Hanna joins Alyn Shipton to select highlights from his recordings, including discs with Woody Herman, Harry James, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Show more
John Shea presents music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Nielsen, Chausson, Weber, JM Haydn, Rontgen, Huygens, Bouwman, Bodinus, Vaughan Williams, Francaix, Kodaly, Strauss and Mozart. Show more
