Essential Classics Episodes Episode guide
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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Simon Russell Beale
With Artist of the Week: Simon Preston, featured in music by Handel and Mendelssohn.
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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Simon Russell Beale
Artist of the Week: Simon Preston, in Vierne's Suite No 3, Op 54 and Widor's Symphony No 5
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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Simon Russell Beale
Including Artist of the Week: Simon Preston, featured in music by Poulenc and Purcell.
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Monday - Sarah Walker with Simon Russell Beale
Artist of the Week: conductor and organist Simon Preston, in Ives, Palestrina and Bach.
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Friday - Rob Cowan with David Puttnam
Artists of the Week: The Pavel Haas Quartet, featured in Schubert's Death and the Maiden.
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Thursday - Rob Cowan with David Puttnam
Artists of the Week: The Pavel Haas Quartet, featured in Janacek's String Quartet No 2.
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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with David Puttnam
Artists of the Week: The Pavel Haas Quartet, featured in Pavel Haas's String Quartet No 2.
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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with David Puttnam
Artists of the Week: Pavel Haas Quartet, featured in Dvorak's String Quartet in G.
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Monday - Rob Cowan with David Puttnam
Artists of the Week: the Pavel Haas Quartet, featured in Smetana's String Quartet No 2.
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Friday - Sarah Walker with Hugh Bonneville
Includes Artist of the Week: Stephen Layton, featured conducting Part's Berliner Messe.
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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Hugh Bonneville
With Artist of the Week: Stephen Layton, featured conducting Grainger's The Jungle Book.
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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Hugh Bonneville
Including Artist of the Week: Stephen Layton, featured conducting Poulenc's Gloria.
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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Hugh Bonneville
Artist of the Week: Stephen Layton, featured conducting Handel's Chandos Anthem No 8.
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Monday - Sarah Walker with Hugh Bonneville
With Sarah Walker. Including Nielsen's Symphony No 3 and Bruckner's Mass in E minor.
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BBC Music Day
With Rob Cowan on BBC Music Day, featuring the BBC Singers live and guest Will Gregory.
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Thursday - Rob Cowan with Will Gregory
Including Artist of the Week: David Zinman, featured conducting Honegger and Schumann.
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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Will Gregory
Artist of the Week: David Zinman, featured conducting Strauss's Tod und Verklarung.
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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Will Gregory
Artist of the Week: David Zinman, featured conducting Mozart's Violin Concerto No 3.
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Monday - Rob Cowan with Will Gregory
With Rob Cowan. Including Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1 and Beethoven: Symphony No 2.
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Friday - Rob Cowan with Omid Djalili
With Artist of the Week: Grigory Sokolov, featured in Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No 8.
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Thursday - Rob Cowan with Omid Djalili
With Artist of the Week: pianist Grigory Sokolov, featured in Chopin's Preludes, Op 28.
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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Omid Djalili
With Rob Cowan. Including Beethoven's Diabelli Variations.
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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Omid Djalili
Artist of the Week: pianist Grigory Sokolov, featured in Mozart's Piano Sonata in F, K332.
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Monday - Rob Cowan with Omid Djalili
With Rob Cowan. Artist of the Week: Grigory Sokolov, in Bach: The Art of Fugue (excerpts).
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Friday - Sarah Walker with Monty Don
Sarah Walker presents. With Artist of the Week Maxim Vengerov, featured in Ravel's Tzigane
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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Monty Don
With Artist of the Week Maxim Vengerov, featured in Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1.
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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Monty Don
With Artist of the Week Maxim Vengerov, featured in Waxman's Carmen Fantasy.
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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Monty Don
With Artist of the Week Maxim Vengerov, featured in Glazunov's Violin Concerto.
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Monday - Sarah Walker with Monty Don
With Artist of the Week: violinist Maxim Vengerov, featured in Saint-Saens's Havanaise.
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Friday - Rob Cowan with Mike Leigh
With Rob Cowan. Including Mahler's Symphony No 4.
