Portraits Day: With Petroc Trelawny. Mozart: Piano Sonata in C, K309 (2nd mvt). Ellington: Portrait of Louis Armstrong. Rossini: William Tell Overture. Jerome Kern: Mark Twain. Show more
Potraits Day: Rob Cowan presents musical portraits with journalist Helen Wallace, and his guest of the week: portrait painter Jonathan Yeo. With music by Berlioz and Berg. Show more
Donald Macleod and Julian Johnson reflect on how self portraiture is represented by Richard Strauss's music, with Sinfonia domestica and Ein Heldenleben. Show more
In a concert from Wigmore Hall in London, pianist Leon McCawley plays two Chopin Nocturnes, Debussy's suite Pour le Piano and Schumann's character portraits, Carnaval. Show more
Louise Fryer presents musical portraits. Berlioz: King Lear Overture. Sibelius: Tapiola. Barber: Medea suite (excerpts). Janacek: Taras Bulba. Shostakovich: Symphony No 10. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a special edition from the National Portrait Gallery in London. With Ensemble 360, actor Malcolm Sinclair and pianist David Owen Norris. Show more
Tom Service and composer Robin Holloway chart the methods that composers have used to represent and portray people in music across the ages - from Couperin to Virgil Thomson. Show more
Presented by Alistar McGowan. BBC Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth in Coates: Suite: Three Elizabeths. Copland: Lincoln Portrait. Virgil Thomson: La Guardia Waltzes. Show more
Stephen Johnson explores portraits in opera and considers some of the best ways in which the music in opera describes, develops and enhances individual characters. Show more
Alistair McGowan presents the conclusion of a concert of musical portraits from England and America. Barry Wordsworth leads the BBC Concert Orchestra in Elgar's Enigma Variations. Show more
At the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Philip Dodd examines the tensions in capturing a likeness. Guests include writer Ian Rankin, artist Alison Watt and poet Robert Crawford. Show more
Maggi Hambling discusses her self-portrait of 1978, reflecting on its elements which include lovers, a cat, a cardsharp, a penguin and a fish, as well as the nature of portraiture. Show more
Jez Nelson presents two specially-recorded musical portraits: Tom Challenger's Brass Mask depict Ornette Coleman, and Shabaka Hutchings potrays artist Basquiat. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents a concert given in Switzerland, featuring Italian baroque choral music by Sammartini and Bernasconi. Show more
