Petroc Trelawny presents Breakfast, waking up the UK with the finest classical music. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs; Artists of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Rob's Essential Choice: Schumann: Piano Concerto. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Taneyev's succeeding Tchaikovsky at the Moscow Conservatoire. Show more
From Dublin, Renaud Capucon (violin), Michel Dalberto (piano) in Faure: Violin Sonata No 1 in A, Op 13. Plus from Belfast, the Danish Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet, Op 20 No 5. Show more
Music from Swiss ensembles. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture. Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D. Beethoven: Symphony No 3. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents. With violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, singers Anna Patalong and Adrian Dwyer, Lionel Meunier of early music ensemble Vox Luminis and cello group Cellophony. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Taneyev's succeeding Tchaikovsky at the Moscow Conservatoire. Show more
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Christine Lagarde, the first female to head the IMF, delivers this year's Richard Dimbleby TV Lecture. Anne McElvoy assesses her arguments with Ngaire Woods and Gillian Tett. Show more
Hugh Kennedy on the life and times of the great historian of early Islam, al-Tabari. He wrote commentaries on the Koran and laid the foundations for Koranic and historical sciences. Show more
Anne Hilde Neset presents a varied mix of music from the ancient to modern. Show more
Orchestra of Swiss Italian Radio in two works for bassoon: Verdi's Capriccio and the first modern performance of Xavier Mercadante's Bassoon Concerto, plus Schubert's Symphony No 3. Show more
