Essential Classics Episodes Episode guide
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Thursday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with guest Eddie Izzard
Including Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor and Nielsen's Symphony No 2, Op 16.
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Wednesday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with guest Eddie Izzard
With Sarah Walker. Including Paganini's 24 Caprices and Grieg's Piano Concerto.
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Tuesday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with guest Eddie Izzard
With Sarah Walker. Includes Perotin's Viderunt omnes and Sibelius's Night Ride and Sunrise
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Monday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with guest Eddie Izzard
Including Schubert: Mass No 6 in E flat (conclusion) and Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No 2.
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Friday - Rob Cowan with Tom Phillips
Artist of the Week: David Willcocks, featured conducting Purcell's My Heart is Inditing.
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Thursday - Rob Cowan with Tom Phillips
Artist of the Week: David Willcocks, featured conducting Vaughan Williams's Epithalamion.
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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Tom Phillips
Artist of the Week: David Willcocks, featured conducting Haydn's Nelson Mass.
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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Tom Phillips
Artist of the Week: David Willcocks, featured conducting Howells's Collegium Regale.
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Monday - Rob Cowan with Tom Phillips
Artist of the Week: David Willcocks, featured conducting Allegri's Miserere.
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Friday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin
Artist of the Week: Manfred Honeck conducts Braunfels's Benedictus from Grosse Messe.
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Thursday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin
Artist of the Week: Manfred Honeck conducts Bruckner's Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic).
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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin
Artist of the Week: Manfred Honeck conducts Janacek's Symphonic Suite from Jenufa.
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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin
Artist of the Week: Manfred Honeck conducts Strauss's Death and Transfiguration.
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Monday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin
With Rob Cowan. Artist of the Week: Manfred Honeck conducts Mahler's Kraftig. Entschieden.
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Friday - Sarah Walker with Andrew Neil
Artist of the Week: pianist Murray Perahia, featured in Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1.
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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Andrew Neil
Artist of the Week: pianist Murray Perahia, featured in Schubert's Fantasia in F minor.
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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Andrew Neil
Including Artist of the Week: Murray Perahia, featured in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3.
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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Andrew Neil
Including Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, featuring pianist Murray Perahia.
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Monday - Sarah Walker with Andrew Neil
With Sarah Walker. With Brahms's Handel Variations, featuring pianist Murray Perahia.
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Friday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy
Artist of the Week: Georg Solti conducts Beethoven's Symphony No 2 in D.
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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy
Artist of the Week: Georg Solti conducts Kodaly's Hary Janos Suite.
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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy
Artist of the Week: Georg Solti in Brahms's Haydn Variations.
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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy
Artist of the Week: Georg Solti conducts Elgar's Violin Concerto.
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Monday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy
Artist of the Week: Georg Solti conducts Wagner's Die Walkure (Wotan's Farewell).
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Friday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch
Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra in Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F.
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Thursday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch
Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2 in C minor.
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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch
Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat.
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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch
Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra in Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat.
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Monday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch
Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra under Charles Mackerras. Dvorak: Symphony No 8.
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Friday - Rob Cowan with Julian Glover
Artist of the Week: violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann in Britten's Violin Concerto.