Martin Handley presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises. Show more
As Americans celebrate the 4th of July, Suzy Klein offers a stateside selection of music. Plus a weekly gig guide, a new CD, listener reviews and a rare gem from the archives. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is Barbara Stocking, CEO of Oxfam. Her choices include Bach's B minor Mass, two works by Mozart, a Borodin string quartet, plus music by Lara and Guerra. Show more
Lucie Skeaping presents a concert given at Blythburgh church in Suffolk as part of the 2010 Aldeburgh Festival, with La Nuova Musica performing music by Gabrieli and Schutz. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents listeners' requests with an American theme, including a quintet by a homesick Bohemian, a modern British lullaby and a great 20th century symphony. Show more
From the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. Show more
Stephen Johnson examines Tchaikovsky's popular First Piano Concerto with soloist Ashley Wass and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Alexander Walker. Show more
Aled Jones is joined by Karl Jenkins to discuss the composer's choral works and his new commission for The Really Big Chorus. Plus The Really Big Chorus founding member Don Monro. Show more
By Neil McKay. A portrait of the lives of poet RS Thomas and his wife artist Elsi Eldridge, inspired by Byron Rogers's biography The Man Who Went into the West. Show more
Joanna Moorhead traces the life of her long-lost cousin, Leonora Carrington, who died in May 2011, a member of the original surrealist movement. Show more
Texts and music focusing on clowns, with readings by Alison Steadman and Andrew Sachs. With writing from Aesop to Stephen King and Clare to Holub, plus Stravinsky and Schumann. Show more
Claire Martin presents young pianists Gwilym Simcock and Aaron Goldberg in a duet performed at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, as part of the 2010 Steinway Festival. Show more
John Shea with music by Haydn, Suk, JCF Bach, Smit, Schubert, Durufle, Dittersdorf, Viotti, Dohnanyi, Dimitrov, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, CPE Bach, Szymanowski, Goleminov, Janacek. Show more
