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Essential Classics Episodes

  1. Monday - Sarah Walker with Chris Beardshaw

    With Sarah Walker and her guest, the garden designer and broadcaster Chris Beardshaw.

  2. Friday - Rob Cowan with Stewart Copeland

    With Rob Cowan. Including Essential Choice: Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra.

  3. Thursday - Rob Cowan with Stewart Copeland

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: CPE Bach: Piano Concerto in D minor.

  4. Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Stewart Copeland

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor.

  5. Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Stewart Copeland

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Sibelius: Symphony No 6.

  6. Monday - Rob Cowan with Stewart Copeland

    With Rob Cowan. Including Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Act 2, finale).

  7. Friday - Rob Cowan with Andrew Motion

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Burleske in D minor.

  8. Thursday - Rob Cowan with Andrew Motion

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 4.

  9. Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Andrew Motion

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1.

  10. Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Andrew Motion

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1.

  11. Dylan Thomas Day - Rob Cowan with Andrew Motion

    With Rob Cowan. Including Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 23.

  12. Friday - Sarah Walker with Richard Bacon

    With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Haydn: Praise the Lord (The Creation).

  13. Thursday - Sarah Walker with Richard Bacon

    With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: William Billings: Chester.

  14. Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Richard Bacon

    With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: James Oswald: The Lady's Mantle.

  15. Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Richard Bacon

    With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Porpora: Alto giove (Polifemo).

  16. Monday - Sarah Walker with Richard Bacon

    With Sarah Walker. 15 Georgian Pleasures: Handel: Dove sei, amato bene? (Rodelinda).

  17. Friday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw

    With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Avison: Concerto grosso No 1.

  18. Thursday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw

    With Sarah Walker. Includes 15 Georgian Pleasures: Mozart: Adagio in C for glass harmonica

  19. Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw

    With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Herschel: Symphony No 8 in C minor.

  20. Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw

    With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Clementi: Duet in C, Op 3 No 1.

  21. Monday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw

    With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Arne: Where the Bee Sucks.

  22. Friday - Rob Cowan with Christine Walkden

    With Rob Cowan. Including Mozart: Violin Sonata in F, K13 (dedicated to Queen Charlotte).

  23. Thursday - Rob Cowan with Christine Walkden

    With Rob Cowan. Including Thomas Linley Jr: Overture and opening chorus (Let God Arise).

  24. Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Christine Walkden

    With Rob Cowan. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Boyce: Symphony No 1 in B flat.

  25. Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Christine Walkden

    With Sarah Walker. Including Gay/Pepusch: Why how now, Madame Flirt (The Beggar's Opera).

  26. Monday - Rob Cowan with Christine Walkden

    With Rob Cowan. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Handel: Judas Maccabeus (excerpt).

  27. Friday - Rob Cowan with Henry Goodman

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Rossini: Stabat Mater.

  28. Thursday - Rob Cowan with Henry Goodman

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Poulenc: Stabat Mater.

  29. Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Henry Goodman

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Palestrina: Stabat Mater.

  30. Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Henry Goodman

    With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Szymanowski: Stabat Mater.

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