Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Show more

With James Jolly. Wagner: Lohengrin (excerpt). Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. Ockeghem: Graduale (Requiem). Strauss: Macbeth. Mozart: Piano Sonata in C. Show more

Donald Macleod explores how Faure finally attained the job he had always sought - the directorship of the Paris Conservatoire. There, he masterminded the institution's reinvention. Show more

Recitals from the 2010 Aldeburgh Festival: Arcanto Quartet in Webern: Langsamer Satz; Schubert: String Quartet in E flat, D87. Alexander Lonquich (piano) in Janacek: In the Mists. Show more

Katie Derham presents a performance given at the Vienna State Opera of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Starring baritone Ildebrando d'Arcangelo and soprano Ricarda Merbeth. Show more

Presented by Sean Rafferty including organist Dame Gillian Weir, conductor James O'Donnell and composer Julian Anderson. Show more

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. In a concert from the 2010 Spitalfields Festival, Harry Bicket conducts the English Concert in baroque repertoire from Purcell, Telemann and Bach. Show more

Philip Dodd talks to Tony Harrison and Edith Hall about class and the classics, plus interviews with crime journalist Jake Adelstein and maverick French film-maker Claire Denis. Show more

Donald Macleod explores how Faure finally attained the job he had always sought - the directorship of the Paris Conservatoire. There, he masterminded the institution's reinvention. Show more

Frederic Raphael discusses marriage and parents throughout history and literature, including works by DH Lawrence. Show more

Fiona Talkington presents Amira singing traditional Bosnian songs with accordionist Merima Kljuco, Jana Winderen in music from sounds in the Barents Sea and Chick Corea improvising. Show more

John Shea presents music by Haydn, Britten, Mozart, CPE Bach, Schafer, Crusell, Beethoven, Dussek, Ravel, Forster, Glinka, Vivaldi, Prokofiev, Walters, Elgar, Buxtehude and Darzins. Show more