Artsworld

A celebration of the work of the great choreographer Alvin Ailey. Judith Jamison introduces a performance of Memoria, a lyrical work set to music by Keith Jarrett, commemorating Ailey’s friend Joyce Tinsler, the dancer and choreographer who died in 1979

Dance performed and choreographed by Alvin Erasga

The 1998 Salzburg Festival production of Janacek’s opera Katya Kabanova, with soprano Angela Denoke as the neglected wife who takes a lover. The cast includes tenor David Kuebler and mezzo Jane Henschel. Sylvain Cambreling conducts the Czech Philharmonic

Documentary following the great violinist Itzhak Perlman on his first visit to Russia in 1980. Concert excerpts include a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at the Bolshoi Philharmonic Hall in Leningrad. Zubin Mehta conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, also on its first trip to Russia

A performance of Hector Berlioz’s dramatic symphony, with choreography by Leonide Massine, telling the story of a young musician who seeks refuge in opium when he is spurned by his lover. Principal dancers are Kaber Belarbi and Fanny Gaida

Series of short jazz films from Amsterdam

Peter Sellars’s productions of Mozart, set in contemporary America, are among the most radical of our time. In this film, Sellars and his cast talk about their work as rehearsals progress. With excerpts from some of his most controversial productions - Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and Cosi Fan Tutte

This landmark of Russian cinema documents an incident in 1905 when the crew of the Battleship Potemkin mutinied rather than eat rotting food. They were supported by civilians, who were mown down by government troops. The massacre on the Odessa Steps is one of the most memorable and exciting sequences in all cinema, and the rapid montage style remains breathtaking

Documentary exploring the life and work of the enigmatic French artist. Contributors include Duchamp’s friend and biographer Calvin Tompkins and centenarian Beatrice Wood, his only known surviving lover

Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, Domingo performs solo arias before being joined by Deborah Polaski and John Tomlinson in a performance of the first act of Wagner’s ‘Die Walkure’