Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including at 7.50am a specially-recorded Christmas carol from the BBC Singers under Bob Chilcott. Show more

With James Jolly. Beethoven: Coriolan Overture. Haydn: Piano Trio in D minor, H XV 23. Mozart: Haffner Symphony. Chopin: Etude in A flat. Serly: Rhapsody for viola and orchestra. Show more

Donald Macleod discovers how, with an easy-going new employer in Cothen, Bach was free to make the most of the stunning instrumentalists around him. Show more

Distinguished pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja recreates one of the final concerts that Chopin himself performed on his visit to Scotland in 1848. With Nocturne in E flat, Op 55 No 2. Show more

With Katie Derham. Mahler: Symphonic Prelude. Schreker: Vorspiel zu einem Drama. Elgar: Enigma Variations. Stanford: Symphony No 3 (Irish). Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande. Show more

Words and music exploring ideas of wilderness from all corners of the globe, with readings by Jenny Agutter and Anton Lesser. Works are by Auden, Jeffers Robinson and Han Shan. Show more

Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano) in Janacek: Pohadka. Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano) in Grieg: 6 Songs, Op 48. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) in Rameau. Show more

Presented by Martin Handley. The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra under John Eliot Gardiner perform a programme of Bach cantatas for Advent and Christmas at the Cadogan Hall, London. Show more

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With religious writer Karen Armstrong discussing compassion and its role in world religion; fund manager David Harding on philanthropy; 'immersiveness'. Show more

Donald Macleod discovers how, with an easy-going new employer in Cothen, Bach was free to make the most of the stunning instrumentalists around him. Show more

Helen Bond explores the turbulent times of the 1st century and Roman repression of Jewish revolts, asking what life would have been like for the Virgin Mary. Show more

Max Reinhardt. Show more

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more