Artsworld

The celebrated Canadian pianist plays one of Beethoven’s most feted works, the Emperor Piano Concerto No 5. Karel Ancerl conducts the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Profile of Marie-Claude Pietragalla, not only one of France’s greatest dancers, but also a choreographer of international reputation, famous for her fiery temperament and thrilling stage presence

The legendary singer and guitarist Ali Farka Toure returns to his home village in Mali, playing with local musicians

Georg Solti conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a live recording from Munich Philharmonie

Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and Piano Concerto No. 2, together with Benjamin Britten’s lyrical serenade Op 31

Vibrant modern dance programme performed by the innovative group BEWTH in a government building in Amersfoort, Netherlands

Two of opera’s most exciting talents join in a programme of duets and arias by Verdi, Bizet and Puccini. Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts the Dresden Staatskapelle

A celebration of the best of British and American comic verse with Miriam Margolyes, Leo McKern and Hugh Laurie

First in a two-part documentary charting the career of one of the greatest bands of the 60s - the Beach Boys. Covering the band's early years up to their acclaimed album 'Pet Sounds', the programme includes footage from TV appearances and concerts, plus recent and vintage interviews

Documentary about the Entartete Kunst exhibition, commissioned by Hitler in 1937 to showcase the worst aspects of modern art. The Fuehrer’s initiative backfired as three million people celebrated the works of the artists he was trying to kill off

Short film by Joe Tunmer, telling a family’s story through 50 years of telephone calls