On the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, leading musicians from around the world come to pay tribute to the 1.5 million who died. Show more

Haydn's sacred oratorio The Creation (Die Schopfung) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Colin Davis at the Barbican in London. Show more

From Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Handel's Messiah to much-loved carols, ten memorable performances from the archives are introduced by a line-up of musicians and music lovers. Show more

Charles Hazlewood celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn with three performances from the BBC Proms of some of his best loved music. Show more

The Ballet Boyz stage a radical interpretation of The Rite of Spring, featuring a mix of professional and amateur dancers, all drawn from radically different modern dance styles. Show more

Verdi's opera in an outdoor production on Lake Constance, with Tatiana Serjan as Aida and Rubens Pelizzari as General Radames. Carlo Rizzi conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Show more

Jonathan Kent's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni from the '10 Glyndebourne Festival with Gerald Finley in the title role, Kate Royal and Anna Samuil. Vladimir Jurowski conducts. Show more

At Madrid's Teatro Real, stars including Bryn Terfel, Dolora Zajick and Rene Pape perform works by Verdi, Wagner, Mozart and Puccini to celebrate the great tenor Placido Domingo. Show more

Antonio Pappano delves into the world of opera's fallen women and discovers how composers and librettists have used female characters to explore and challenge society's attitudes. Show more

Terry Gilliam directs a production of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust for English National Opera, one of the big hits of 2011. Edward Gardner conducts the ENO Chorus and Orchestra. Show more

From the Glyndebourne Festival 2011, a new staging of Handel's opera Rinaldo, the work with which he made his sensational London debut. Directed by Robert Carsen. Show more

Concert from Symphony Center, Chicago marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian conductor Sir Georg Solti. Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace. Show more

Marking the centenary of his birth, this film re-examines the life of controversial conductor Georg Solti using archive footage and interviews with classical music's biggest names. Show more

Kirsty Wark introduces four theatre shorts featuring comedy, dance and drama from BBC TV Centre. Performances come from Gecko, Richard DeDomenici, Common Wealth and Touretteshero. Show more

Mary Beard and Simon Schama reveal the inside story of writing and presenting the BBC Two series Civilisations. Hosted by Kirsty Wark. Show more

Operatic highlights from around Europe in 2010, including the Royal Opera's Simon Boccanegra, Don Quixote in Brussels, Birmingham Opera's Othello and Rigoletto from Mantua. Show more

To conclude his series, Antonio Pappano looks at five of Puccini's operas - La bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Turandot. Show more

Michael Berkeley introduces an in-depth exploration of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, including a full performance of the work that caused a riot at its premiere in 1913. Show more

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

In a series tracing the history of Italian opera, Antonio Pappano looks at six of Verdi's most famous works and visits his birthplace of Le Roncole in northern Italy. Show more