Katie Derham presents music including one of Grieg's Lyric Pieces for piano, music for guitar by Bellinati, and something from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Includes Building a Library: Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Melos Ensemble box set; Disc of the Week: Beethoven: Late piano sonatas. Alexei Lubimov (piano). Show more
Music Matters
Gianandrea Noseda, Seven Mozart Librettos, Marc-Andre Hamelin
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Tom Service talks to conductor Gianandrea Noseda as he leaves the BBC Philharmonic. Plus Mozart librettos in translation, and Marc-Andre Hamelin on pianist-composers and virtuosity.
Catherine Bott explores one of Guillaume de Machaut's extraordinary works, Le voir dit, which details a love between the composer and an admirer. Show more
Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Sol Gabetta (cello) and Lauma Skride (piano). Mendelssohn: Sonata No 2 in D, Op 58. Beethoven: Sonata No 5 in D, Op 102. Ginastera: Pampeana No 2. Show more
Lucy Duran presents a session from Brazilian musician Raf Vilar, and a review of new CD releases. Show more
For the 2011 Gateshead Jazz Festival, guitarist Mike Stern joins Alyn Shipton at the Sage to trace his main musical collaborations and pick some of his own best recordings. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
From Lincoln Center, New York, Maurizio Benini conducts Rossini's opera Le Comte Ory in its Metropolitan Opera premiere. With tenor Juan Diego Florez and soprano Diana Damrau. Show more
Using sounds, poems and stories, Stephen Gill depicts bonshou, huge bronze bells which are present in every Buddhist temple in Japan. They are essential to Japanese identity. Show more
Carl St Clair conducts Nexus and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in Toru Takemitsu's From me flows what you call Time. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Professor Jonathan Cross discuss music by leading Korean-born composer Usuk Chin recorded at the Barbican's Total Immersion 2011 event. Show more
John Etheridge joins Alyn Shipton to explore the key records of fellow guitarist Barney Kessel, one of the most prolific recording artists in jazz, but one of the least well-known. Show more
Karishmeh Felfeli presents highlights from two BBC Proms from 2010 commemorating founder Henry Wood and the 1910 season. Show more
