Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Show more
James Jolly presents Folk and Popular Songs in Music including Dvorak' Dumky Trio, Tchaikovsky Orchestral Suites and recordings by Murray Perahia. Show more
Donald Macleod considers the impact the succession of Louis XV had on Campra. Music includes Notus in Judea, which was dedicated to the king. Show more
Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Cedric Tiberghien (piano) perform at the Cheltenham Festival 2010. Brahms: Sonata, Op 78. Szymanowski: Mythes. Schumann: Sonata, Op 121. Show more
Louise Fryer presents Dukas's opera Ariane et barbe-bleu performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Plus the Leipzing Gewandhaus Orchestra in Haydn's Symphony No 94 in G. Show more
Sean Rafferty talks to soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Johan Botha about their upcoming performance in Wagner's Tannhauser. Plus music from folk musician Alistair Anderson. Show more
Presented by Petroc Trelawny, from City Halls, Glasgow. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov in Britten: Double Concerto for violin and viola. Elgar: Symphony No 2. Show more
Liz Lochhead's tribute to the late Edwin Morgan, regarded as Scotland's national poet. He lived most of his life in Glasgow and much of his poetry reflected his love of the city. Show more
Presented by Petroc Trelawny, from City Halls, Glasgow. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's concert under Ilan Volkov concludes with Elgar's romantic Symphony No 2. Show more
Leading screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce delivers a lecture at this year's Free Thinking festival on The Joys of Failure. Bad ideas have often led to great discoveries, he claims. Show more
Donald Macleod considers the impact the succession of Louis XV had on Campra. Music includes Notus in Judea, which was dedicated to the king. Show more
London-based writer Kamila Shamsie explores her city of birth. She escapes the hot, steamy bustle of the city centre and heads like hundreds do to the nearby beaches. Show more
Fiona Talkington plays string quartet music by Georgian composer Zurab Nadarejshvili, plus Norwegian group Supersilent, Ethiopian jazz from Mahmoud Ahmed and music from Finland. Show more
Susan Sharpe introduces a concert of early tenor duets given at the 2009 Flanders Festival, in which Ensemble Vivante perform Kapsberger, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi. Show more