Petroc Trelawny presents music, news and the occasional surprise. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Live and studio recordings from conductor Thomas Beecham; Early keyboard music; Disc of the Week - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Show more
Tom Service talks to Peter Maxwell Davies about his new opera, Kommilitonen!, and explores the music of Bernard Herrmann best known for his scores for Alfred Hitchcock's films. Show more
Catherine Bott explores the scandalous life, and music of Italian trombonist and composer Bartolomeo Tromboncino, who murdered his adulterous wife and her lover. Show more
From the Wigmore Hall, London, Louise Fryer presents a piano recital by Martin Helmchen. Schoenberg: 6 Klavierstucke, Op 19. Beethoven: Piano sonata No 29 in B flat, Op 106. Show more
Lucy Duran presents Garifuna musician Aurelio Martinez in session, and is joined by journalists Jane Cornwell and Reda El Mawy to discuss new music from Egypt to the South Pacific. Show more
In an interview recorded before his death in 2008, drummer Allan Ganley selects his favourite recordings. He also discusses work with John Dankworth, Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes. Show more
Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov with René Pape (Boris Godunov), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Marina), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Dimitri). Pavel Smelkov conducts at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests in tribute to the late British jazz pianist George Shearing. Show more
Tom Service presents music by Austrian-based Beat Furrer and two British composers of the younger generation, Naomi Pinnock and Dai Fujikura. Show more
Catherine Bott explores the life of King Henri IV of France, known as the Green Gallant, as well as the music which accompanied both his life and his death. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents highlights from the 2010 Chopin and his Europe Festival with pianists Philippe Giusiano and Uri Caine. Show more
