Katie Derham presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Show more
Suzy Klein explores musical connections to the news. With listeners' emails, a new release, the choice of the week's concerts and Mark Swartzentruber with an archive recording. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is actor Ian McDiarmid. His choices include two works by Britten, plus Schubert, MacMillan, Shostakovich and Bernstein. Plus poems by Wordsworth and Burns. Show more
Catherine Bott presents a musical profile of the Italian city of Naples, introducing repertoire by Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Gesualdo and Porpora. Show more
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From Tewkesbury Abbey. Show more
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore the rise of minimalism - focusing on its popularity today and its roots in both American and European music. Show more
Aled Jones talks to conductor Michael Bawtree about the logistics of bringing several choirs together for a performance. Plus more category finalists from 2010's Choir of the Year. Show more
Sarah Daniels's new play about the realities of social work in Britain. David's already hectic life takes a new turn when he is called on to deal with the case of an injured child. Show more
Historian Bettany Hughes explores our first contacts with the Romans and how people loved or resented their new overlords. Show more
Tim McMullan and Clare Higgins read works by Shakespeare, Keats, Byron and Homer on the subject of Ancient Greece. With music by Schubert, Tippett and Bernstein. Show more
Julian Joseph presents a concert given at the Royal Concert Hall, by Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as part of 2010's Glasgow International Jazz Festival. Show more
Susan Sharpe's selection includes Salieri's Requiem performed by the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Show more
