Martin Handley presents music including Ravel's Don Quichotte a Dulcinee, Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre and Les filles de Cadix by Delibes. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Martinu: Piano Trio No 1; Bizet: Carmen (excerpts); recordings of Sviatoslav Richter in Prokofiev and Gershwin; Gretry: Andromaque (excerpts). Show more
Tom Service delves into Ravel's La valse, considered to be one of the most original and enigmatic works in all music, and seen by some as foreshadowing the Second World War. Show more
Catherine Bott meets art historian Michael Rosenthal to discover what Thomas Gainsborough's paintings of musical subjects tell us about music in late 18th century England. Show more
Radio 3 New Generation Artist pianist Francesco Piemontesi and the Navarra Quartet play Debussy preludes, a Haydn string quartet and a Schumann piano quintet. Show more
Lucy Duran introduces highlights from the 2010 WOMAD festival, including a performance by singer Dobet Gnaore from the Ivory Coast, plus Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili. Show more
Clarinettist and saxophonist Tony Coe joins Alyn Shipton to select his finest recordings, including work by his own groups, as well as with Franz Koglmann and Neil Ardley. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
Book of Hours: A journey around the clock over the course of 24 hours with words by Shakespeare, Whitman and Duffy, and music by Sibelius, Debussy, Elvis Costello and Copland. Show more
A cast of stars and the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, celebrate the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim by performing songs from his best loved shows. Show more
In a Proms Plus event at the Royal College of Music, Petroc Trelawny talks to composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim about his work and to conductor David Charles Abell. Show more
Continued celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday, with a cast of stars and the BBC Concert Orchestra with David Charles Abell performing songs from his best-loved shows. Show more
It's Christmas Eve and the Stephensons' party looks set to be a disaster. Will anyone come? Will the powerful truth in Cilla Black's lyrics help them make it through? Show more
Ed McKeon introduces semi-improvised pieces by fORCH, Morla and the Smith Quartet; plus Pwyll ap-Sian's Gwales played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Show more
Lucie Skeaping reflects on the career of the composer Guillaume Dufay, who spent much of his career working in some of the most active political centres of the day. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music by Lubeck, Frescobaldi, Storace, Pasquini, Szollosy, Scarlatti, Busoni, Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Nantermi, Priuli, Nielsen, Part, Glinka, Fontana and Castello. Show more
