Martin Handley presents brass band music by Arnold, the King of Denmark's Galliard by Dowland, Faure's Pavane and Domingo singing an aria from Gianni Schicchi. Show more
Suzy Klein presents music and musicians with festival connections. Regular features include a weekly gig guide and Mark Swartzentruber's selection from the archives. Show more
Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, reveals his musical passions to Michael Berkeley. His choices include Schubert, Chopin, Mozart and Strauss. Show more
Catherine Bott talks to art critic, writer and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon about the Italian painter Caravaggio and some of the musical references found in his work. Show more
Chi-chi Nwanoku plays more listeners' requests including music for the great outdoors, Martinu's Field Mass and Handel's aria Dopo Notte from Ariodante. Show more
Live from Birmingham Cathedral. Show more
Stephen Johnson explores the trumpet concerto, from Telemann to Haydn's ground-breaking masterpiece. Phillipe Schartz (soloist), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Kenneth Woods. Show more
From the Royal Albert Hall, a semi-staged version of Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra, with Placido Domingo in the title role. Antonio Pappano conducts. Prologue and Act 1. Show more
Louise Fryer talks to opera specialists Alexandra Wilson and Roger Parker about the position of Simon Boccanegra in Verdi's career, placing the opera in its contemporary context. Show more
From the Royal Albert Hall, the conclusion of Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra, with Placido Domingo in the title role. Antonio Pappano conducts. Acts 2 and 3. Show more
Norman Lebrecht goes in search of those whose lives have been touched by Mahler's music, including music archivist Peter Poltun, philosopher AC Grayling, and composer Uri Caine. Show more
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of walking, with readings by Clare Higgins and Ian McDiarmid. Works by Thoreau and Wordsworth, plus Elgar, Strauss and Mussorgsky. Show more
Julian Joseph introduces a set by Korean pianist Younee and Alex Hutton given at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London as part of the 2010 Steinway Piano Festival. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music by Verdi, Debussy, Mozart, Vivaldi, Rachmaninov, Haydn, Granados, Jarnefelt, Soler, Gautier d'Espinal, Natra, Lukacic, Schumann, Buxtehude and Weber. Show more
