Artsworld

The Welsh National Orchestra in a tour around the world of music. This edition explores the music of Austria and Germany and includes works by Mozart, Mahler, Richard Strauss and Johan Strauss

Thomas Grimm directs three modern dance pieces by Nacho Duato, director of the Compania Nacional de Danza de Espana

Profile of the Nobel-nominated Albanian writer whose books and poems have been translated into over 40 languages

Portrait of the Swiss-born artist best known for his extraordinary sculptures of thin, elongated figures

The celebrated pianist plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 7

Series looking at the landscapes and people that have inspired some of the greatest French painters. This edition visits the Eiffel Tower

Series profiling four leading contemporary ceramicists working in Britain. This edition features Rebecca Taylor, who is fast establishing a reputation as an architectural potter with her bizarre light fittings, wall ornaments and door furniture

A portrait of the most celebrated of American composers, drawing on archive material and specially-shot footage. Featuring an interview with Copland and excerpts from his most famous works, including Fanfare for the Common Man, El Salon Mexico and Symphony No 3

Series paying tribute to late jazz stars, combining reminiscences with performance footage. This edition features tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, whose name was synonymous with bossa nova but who reverted to his bebop roots in the 80s, and the peerless Dizzy Gillespie, one of the all-time great trumpeters who spearheadad the bebop revolution of the 40s with Charlie Parker

Series showcasing concert footage of some of the world’s top jazz musicians. Featuring veteran singer Van Morrison, fiery saxophonist Joe Lovano, Brazilian singer/guitarist Badi Assad and trumpet virtuoso Roy Hargrove

A profile of the Australian artist George Gittoes, famous for his works depicting the horrors of war in the 20th century. The programme follows the artist to China as he takes up an invitation from the Beijing Academy. Gittoes travels down the Yangtze river as he searches for a subject to depict the moving story of the six million people who are being relocated to make way for the vast Three Gorges Dam

America’s leading black classical ballet company perform Robert North’s Troy Game, Lester Horton’s The Beloved and Arthur Mitchell’s John Henry, three of their most popular works