Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music, news and the occasional surprise. Show more
With James Jolly. Mendelssohn: Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy. Mozart: Piano Concerto in B flat. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll. Strauss: Don Juan. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Benjamin Britten's late works, including his final opera, Death in Venice, which features his last major role he would write for his partner, Peter Pears. Show more
Recital featuring tenor James Gilchrist, pianist Anna Tilbrook and Elias Quartet. Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne. Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge. Show more
With Penny Gore. Barber: Music for a scene from Shelley. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 18 (soloist - Richard Goode). Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite 2. William Schuman: Symphony No 3. Show more
Petroc is joined by contemporary composer Matthew Herbert before his one-off performance at Royal Festival Hall, London and pianist Oleg Marshev who performs live in the studio. Show more
Presented by Catherine Bott. Jarvis Cocker and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore the evolution of electronic instruments, with music by Will Gregory, and Jonny Greenwood. Show more
Presented by Ian McMillan. With a new commission from novelist Maggie Gee; singer-songwriter Paul Heaton; poet Paul Muldoon on his new collection; and John Bevis on bird sounds. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Benjamin Britten's late works, including his final opera, Death in Venice, which features his last major role he would write for his partner, Peter Pears. Show more
Former BBC Moscow correspondent Bridget Kendall explains her passion for the works of Leo Tolstoy and the Russia he evokes. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents the latest sounds from around the globe and the Creole Choir of Cuba in session. Their music tells stories of ancestors who worked in near slave conditions. Show more
John Shea's selection includes Beethoven's Symphonies Nos 1 and 7 performed by the Romanian National Radio Orchestra. Show more
