Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Show more
James Jolly with recordings by Artist of the Week Herbert von Karajan, including an electrifying performance of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony. Show more
Donald Macleod continues to follow Mendelssohn as he bids farewell to Berlin and turns down a trip to New York, where he had been invited to conduct a Grand Musical Festival. Show more
Isabelle Faust plays at the Royal Northern College of Music. Schumann: Drei Romanzen. Schumann: Sonata for violin and piano No 1. Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano No 7. Show more
Verdi's Aida from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Roberto Alagna (Radames) and Liudmyla Monastyrska (Aida). Fabio Luisi conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. Tenor Andrew Kennedy sings excerpts from Finzi's A Young Man's Exhortation ahead of a performance with the OAE at St John's, Smith Square, London. Show more
Catherine Bott presents the Bach Choir conducted by David Hill in a performance in English of Bach's St Matthew Passion, with Florilegium and James Gilchrist as the Evangelist. Show more
Night Waves
Broadway Report, Rachel Beer, Tim Hetherington, Rona Munro, How I Ended This Summer
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Writer Rona Munro talks to Anne McElvoy about her two plays opening this week. Pandas is a rom-com thriller, and Little Eagles deals with the Soviet-American space race. Show more
Donald Macleod continues to follow Mendelssohn as he bids farewell to Berlin and turns down a trip to New York, where he had been invited to conduct a Grand Musical Festival. Show more
Joan Bakewell discusses areas of belief with composer Tarik O'Regan. Show more
Max Reinhardt introduces a session from singer-songwriter Michael Chapman and Lambchop's William Tyler. Show more
Music for Good Friday. Two settings of the Stabat mater by Vivaldi and Poulenc - also Easter music by Pergolesi and Scarlatti by Il Seminario Musicale. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
