Martin Handley shares his personal choice of music, including Mendelssohn's overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Chabrier's Espana, and an aria from Donizetti's Don Pasquale. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library - Ravel: Alborada del gracioso; Jan Smaczny on Czech music conducted by Charles Mackerras; Disc of the Week - Strauss: Intermezzo. Show more
Tom Service interviews Australian composer and viola player Brett Dean. Plus a review of Turnage's opera Anna Nicole Smith, and a discussion about the pitfalls of musical notation. Show more
Catherine Bott presents highlights from the 2010 Utrecht Festival of Early Music, including performances by Wieland Kuijken, Aurelien Delage, Les Agremens and the Ricercar Consort. Show more
From the Wigmore Hall, London, Fiona Talkington presents Dutch reed ensemble Calefax in a Spanish-inspired recital. With music by Sanchez-Verdu, Boccherini and Ravel. Show more
Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran explore music of grassland regions around the world, visiting Cambodia, Mongolia and Namibia. Show more
Alyn Shipton is joined by broadcaster and author Dave Gelly to select the best recordings by tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, including his Blue Note work and some with Miles Davis. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
In a performance from New York's Metropolitan Opera, Joseph Colaneri conducts soprano Rachelle Durkin and tenor Matthew Polenzani in Donizetti's final comic opera, Don Pasquale. Show more
Etian: Malcolm McKay's hard-hitting play centring on a young woman who begins therapy after a violent assault, and then decides find her own unusual path to recovery. Show more
Ivan Hewett focuses on contempory German music, including piano pieces from Wolfgang Rihm and Barbara Heller, and orchestral works by Benjamin Schweitzer and Torsten Rasch. Show more
Antonio Caldara: Catherine Bott explores the life and music of Venetian-born baroque composer Antonio Caldara. Show more
Susan Sharpe's selection includes a concert in tribute to the cellist Pablo Casals, performer and composer, including the world premieres of two pieces by the Catalan cellist. Show more