Documentary about the importance of children in the life and work of composer Benjamin Britten and some of the boys he was close to talk about their relationships with him. Show more
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Daniel Barenboim's masterclass on the Beethoven piano sonatas. Lang Lang plays the first movement of the Appassionata Sonata and David Kadouch the first movement of Op 31 No 1. Show more
Barenboim on Beethoven
Episode 2: Part 2
1 hour
Second of two programmes in which Daniel Barenboim gives a masterclass on the Beethoven piano sonatas, featuring rising stars Shai Wosner and Jonathan Biss. 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
1 hour, 28 minutes
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
Documentary offering a rare insight into the early career of dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Includes interviews with friends and colleagues, plus cine-camera footage of the man himself. Show more
When Luciano Pavarotti died, the world lost one of its finest voices. This portrait uses archive and interviews with Jose Carreras, Dame Joan Sutherland and Juan Diego Florez. Show more
1 hour, 50 minutes
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
1 hour
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
59 minutes
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
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
Film following leading opera director Graham Vick through six months of intensive rehearsals for two radically different productions of operas by Giuseppe Verdi. Show more
Graham Vick's radical production of Verdi's Othello for Birmingham Opera Company. Set in a former industrial plant, the action unfolds in and around the audience. Show more
1 hour, 30 minutes
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
2 hours, 10 minutes
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