Petroc Trelawny presents music including one of Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, piano works by Scriabin and Nielsen, and songs by Schumann and Sondheim. Show more
Louise Fryer presents music associated with the number eight. Plus emails, a new release, the gig of the week and Mark Swartzentruber with a historical recording from the archives. Show more
Graham Vick, one of the foremost opera directors of our time, talks to Michael Berkeley about his personal musical favourites, ranging from Machaut and Monteverdi to Bernstein. Show more
Catherine Bott introduces a performance of John Blow's Masque "Venus and Adonis" presented at the 2010 York Early Music Festival by Theatre of the Ayre directed by Elizabeth Kenny. Show more
Fiona Talkington introduces listeners' requests, including autumnal music from Vivalidi and Moeran. Her guest is David Butcher, chief executive of the Britten Sinfonia. Show more
From Southwark Cathedral. Show more
Stephen Johnson considers the music and historical context to Schumann's Violin Concerto with Matthew Trussler and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rory McDonald. Show more
Aled Jones examines the cross-cultural roots of Latin American choral music with Carlos Fernandez Aransay. Plus the 350th anniversary of Andre Campra's birth and Choir of the Year. Show more
Eugene O'Neill's classic, tragic drama about a stoker whose world is turned upside down by the appearance of a young heiress in the engine room of an ocean-going liner. Show more
Ugandan journalist Joel Kibazo retraces Shiva Naipaul's journey through Kenya to see how much has changed and ask what liberation means to people today. Show more
Texts and music about getting from A to B, with readings by Claire Rushbrook and Andrew Wincott. Including Marvell, Lear and E Nesbit, plus Wagner, Ellington, Mayfield and Eno. Show more
Jazz Line-Up presented by Claire Martin with Tom Arthurs on Trumpet and Flugel, with Richard Fairhurst perform a specially commissioned suite at the 2010 Bath Festival. Show more
Rarities, archive and classic recordings from Europe. Tonight, John Shea's selection includes a concert by the Sandulescu piano duo. Show more