Martin Handley presents great pieces, great performances, plus at 7.45am a specially-recorded Christmas carol from the BBC Singers under Bob Chilcott. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library update: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610; Conductor Riccardo Chailly; Brahms Variations for piano; Disc of the Week: Bach: Cantata No 61. Show more
Tom Service investigates music-making in Wales in the run-up to Christmas. With the Morriston Male Voice Choir, harpist Catrin Finch and the newest orchestra in the West. Show more
Lucie Skeaping delves into Rameau's comic masterpiece Platee. A colourful work, it turned many of the operatic conventions of the 18th century on their head. Show more
From the Wigmore Hall, Suzy Klein presents a recital by the Tokyo Quartet. Schubert: String Quartet No 9. Mozart: Quintet for clarinet, strings, K581 (Sabine Meyer - clarinet).
Lucy Duran presents a World Routes tenth anniversary special, with highlights from an event at Maida Vale Studios. With music from Senegal, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Peru and Turkey. Show more
Alyn Shipton and Roger Dean survey the finest Australian jazz records. Featuring the Australian Art Orchestra, Oren Ambarchi and Robbie Avenaim and Roger Frampton. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
From the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts a cast including Marina Poplavskaya, Yonghoon Lee and Simon Keenlyside in Verdi's tragic opera Don Carlo. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Alexander Goehr's new opera Promised End in a production by James Conway recorded at the Linbury Theatre in Covent Garden, London. Show more
In an interview given before the swing guitarist's death, Alyn Shipton talks to Lawrence Lucie about his work, including with Fletcher Henderson, Lucky Milliner and Benny Carter. Show more
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
