Sara Mohr-Pietsch shares her choice of music, including Manuel de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo and Khachaturian's Waltz from his Masquerade Suite. Show more

With James Jolly. Dvorak: Prague Waltzes. Canteloube: Obal lo din coumbelo. Brahms: Variations on a theme of Paganini - Bk 1. Pelecis: Flowering Jasmine. Plus Reger and Schubert. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on Geminiani's association with the theatre, and his collaboration with the mysterious Count de Saint Germain, rumoured to be 2,000 years old. Show more

Jennifer Pike (violin), Tom Poster (piano) play at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro. Schubert: Violin Sonata No 1. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat. Show more

Claudio Abbado conducts Arnold Schoenberg Chorus, Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven's Fidelio, in a performance from the 2010 Lucerne Festival. Plus Piazzolla and Tchaikovsky. Show more

Sean Rafferty talks to director David Freeman about his production of Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, with excerpts sung by members of the cast. Plus music from pianist Di Xiao. Show more

Mark Elder conducts the Halle at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. Ades: Powder Her Face (excerpts). Dvorak: Violin Concerto (soloist - Sophia Jaffe). Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6. Show more

Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran explore music of river regions around the world, visiting Zambia, Brazil, Thailand and Laos. Including a ritual which celebrates fertility. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on Geminiani's association with the theatre, and his collaboration with the mysterious Count de Saint Germain, rumoured to be 2,000 years old. Show more

Critic James Wood James Wood explores the meaning of self in fiction, focusing on Muriel Spark's novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Show more

Nick Luscombe with a collaboration between pianist Kit Downes and Leafcutter John. Plus Bola Johnson, drums from the late Steve Reid and the sound of a Japanese pachinko parlour. Show more