Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music, from Mozart to Makeba and Elgar to Ellington. Show more

With Sarah Walker. Gershwin: Overture (Strike Up the Band). Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1. Gossec: Marche lugubre. Beethoven: Sonata in G minor, Op 5 No 2. Perotin: Isaias cecinit. Show more

Donald Macleod discusses the perils and pitfalls of writing for the orchestra with Steve Reich, and presents a rare performance of the composer's sensuous piece The Four Sections. Show more

Recital by London Symphony Orchestra principal flautist Adam Walker. Schubert: Variations on Trockne Blumen. Bartok: Suite paysanne hongroise. Plus music by Debussy and Poulenc. Show more

Penny Gore celebrates Mahler's early career. Mozart: Overture (The Marriage of Figaro). Mahler: Symphony No 5 (1st mvt) - with Gustav Mahler on piano roll. Rott: Symphony in E. Show more

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Alistair Spalding on the new Sadler's Wells season, including Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris. Plus baritones Roderick Williams and Thomas Oliemans. Show more

Stephen Kovacevich features in a Wigmore Hall piano recital. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor. Bartok: Sonata for two pianos and percussion. Show more

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With the new film The Kids Are All Right; Nicholas Ostler on the future of English as a global language; the final Merce Cunningham tour; Silbury Hill. Show more

Donald Macleod discusses the perils and pitfalls of writing for the orchestra with Steve Reich, and presents a rare performance of the composer's sensuous piece The Four Sections. Show more

Poet and critic Andrew Motion explores the connection between walking and writing in a series about poems that follow paths. Show more

Max Reinhardt's selection includes Long Distance Moan from Blind Lemon Jefferson, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Bobby Benson's Taxi Driver and Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector. Show more

Presented by Susan Sharpe. Show more