Martin Handley presents a refreshing selection of music to start the day.
Andrew McGregor with what's new in the world of classical music recordings including: 9.30am Building a Bach Organ Music collection with Stephen Farr. Show more
In a documentary which contains previously unbroadcast musical material, pianist Kathryn Stott tells the story of how Michael Tippett's ballad opera Robin Hood came to be written. Show more
Lucie Skeaping explores the many musical references and anecdotes in Samuel Pepys's famed diary, which he began writing 350 years ago. Show more
Presented by Fiona Talkington. In a recital from the Wigmore Hall, London, Austrian baritone Markus Werba and pianist Gary Matthewman perform lieder by Schubert and Brahms. Show more
Lucy Duran explores the music of Afghanistan with rubab player Wahid Delahang, tabla player Wahid Wahidi and writer Simon Broughton. Plus the launch of 2011's World Routes Academy. Show more
Author Tom Perchard joins Alyn Shipton to pick the recorded highlights of trumpeter Clifford Brown, who died in 1956. Including tracks from the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
Alexandra Wilson introduces a performance of Bizet's opera Les pecheurs de perles, given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With Nicole Cabell, Gerald Finley and John Osborn. Show more
Documentary following people who balance their stressful routines with the silence of the Buddhist retreat. Can those who take part carry the silence back into their daily lives? Show more
Recital given at Queen's Hall as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2009. Tenor Christoph Pregardien, Andreas Staier (fortepiano) in songs by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann. Show more
Tom Service introduces performances of two orchestral works by Helmut Lachenmann, given in London at the Southbank Centre's celebration of the composer's 75th birthday. Show more
Alyn Shipton's interview with the late composer/theorist George Russell, in which he discusses highlights of his recorded music, including work with Dizzy Gillespie. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a double bill of Philip Glass recorded at the 2009 Proms, featuring Gidon Kremer. Show more
