Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a refreshing selection of music. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Dvorak: The Noonday Witch. Gurney: Ludlow and Teme (excerpts). Bartok: The Wooden Prince (excerpt). Dvorak: Song to the Moon (Rusalka). Ireland: Piano Trio No 2. Show more
Donald Macleod on what working at the court of Esterhazy meant for Haydn. With Adagio - Allegro (Symphony No 6 in D), String Quartet in B minor, H III 64 and Symphony No 83. Show more
Piano recital by Leon McCawley. Barber: Nocturne, Op 33. Chopin: Sonata in B flat minor; Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 27. Barber: Sonata in E flat minor, Op 26. Show more
Louise Fryer with music from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche. Shostakovich: Symphony No 1. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1. Show more
Jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth performs live in the studio in advance of a concert with her mother, Dame Cleo Laine, at London's Barbican. Plus pianist Howard Shelley. Show more
Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy. Sibelius: Incidental music (Pelleas et Melisande). Grieg: Piano Concerto (soloist - Nikolai Lugansky). Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2. Show more
Matthew Sweet chairs a debate on the subject of which approach to life and art is more illuminating - comedy or tragedy. With comedian Natalie Haynes and novelist Julian Gough. Show more
Donald Macleod on what working at the court of Esterhazy meant for Haydn. With Adagio - Allegro (Symphony No 6 in D), String Quartet in B minor, H III 64 and Symphony No 83. Show more
The Essay
Free Thinking 2010
New Histories of the North East
Part 2: Earl Grey and the Promise of Reform
15 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Writer and sociologist Tom Shakespeare discusses former prime minister Charles Grey and the Great Reform Act of 1832. Show more
Fiona Talkington's selection includes traditional music from Hungary, a song by Alain Johannes, Stephan Micus exploring the sound of the raj nplaim and music by Finn Peters. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes Brahms' Symphony No 4 performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Dvorak's Piano Trio, Op 21. Show more