Simon Russell Beale visits Poland and Estonia to discover why the music of the spiritual composers Gorecki and Part strikes such a chord in today's hectic world. Show more
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Leeds International Piano Competition
2018 Highlights
1 hour, 29 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Highlights from the prestigious competition in Leeds, presented by Petroc Trelawny. Five finalists from around the world go head to head. Show more
Simon Russell Beale investigates the symphonic world of the Soviet Union composer Shostakovich, and how Ives and Copland were creating a new American sound. Show more
Simon Russell Beale discovers how nationalist voices such as Tchaikovsky and Dvorak brought the symphony to wider audiences in the late 19th century. Show more
Masterworks: Six Pieces of Britain
Episode 3: William Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
1 hour, 15 minutes
Michael Berkeley puts William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast in the context of his life, from Oldham upbringing to the Italian island of Ischia. Show more
Tom Service presents a performance of Elgar's much-loved Cello Concerto, composed in the wake of the First World War, with French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras as soloist. Show more
Janine Jansen performs Britten's Violin Concerto, plus Arvo Part's Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, Berlioz's overture Le Corsaire and Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony. Show more
To celebrate Handel's 250th anniversary, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen perform some favourite Handel hits, including Zadok the Priest and Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. Show more
Charles Hazlewood presents as the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra bring Haydn's Symphony No 98 in B-flat and Schubert's 'Great' Symphony No 9 in C to the Proms. Show more
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme which features his own new work Totentanz, Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem and Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto. Show more
Prom representing the three great traditions - the Hindustani music of north India, the Carnatic music of the south, and devotional Sufi qawwali from Pakistan. Show more
Marking his sixtieth Prom, Sir John Eliot Gardiner directs the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in a celebration of the early works of Handel and Bach. Show more
Three works by Mozart, all written during the final months of his life - the concert aria Per questa bella mano, the Clarinet Concerto in A major, and the Requiem. Show more
French pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Conductor Juanjo Mena also leads the BBC Philharmonic in Mahler's Fifth Symphony. Show more
Valery Gergiev conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in three popular classics - Ravel's Bolero, Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier and Rachmaninov's third piano concerto. Show more
From the Royal Albert Hall, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet, Wagner's Wesendonck Leider and Prokofiev's 5th Symphony. Show more
Conductor Herve Niquet and the French orchestra Le Concert Spirituel perform Handel's Water Music suites and the Music for the Royal Fireworks. Show more
At the Royal Albert Hall the Vienna Philharmonic, under the baton of Bernard Haitink, perform Haydn's 104th and final symphony, followed by Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony. Show more
Suzy Klein and Zeb Soanes present as Sir Mark Elder, Andras Schiff and the Halle perform music by Sibelius, Bartok and Janacek. Show more
A prom celebrating the four major composers whose anniversaries are being marked throughout the year: Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Show more