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Equestrian circus company Theatre Zingaro in a programme of acrobatic riding, dance and music. Pierre Boulez conducts the Orchestre de Paris in Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Symphony of Psalms, and Boulez’s own Le dialogue de l’ombre double

A concert performance by the acclaimed jazz singer

Maris Jansons conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in their annual summer concert. The programme features popular favourites by composers including Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Wagner, Elgar and Bizet

Series about the great tenors of the first half of the 20th century. This edition profiles the Danish singer

Tim Marlow presents a four-part series looking at the depiction of the body in art over the centuries. This programme focuses on the Enlightenment, with a look at Rembrandt’s Anatomy Lesson, Ingres’s Turkish Bath and Rodin’s The Age of Bronze, in which the nude form was used to shock, coerce, titillate, impress and instruct

Profile of British contemporary artist Mackenzie Thorpe, featuring his latest exhibition, ’Destiny’

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

Second part of the Salzburg Festival’s production of Berlioz’s epic opera based on Virgil’s Aeneid. Sylvain Cambreling conducts the Orchestre de Paris. The cast is led by Deborah Polaski, Jon Villars and Russell Braun

The story of Joseph Shabalala, leader of the acclaimed South African ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who rose from humble origins to become one of the most innovative and feted singers in the world

Profile of British contemporary artist Mackenzie Thorpe, featuring his latest exhibition, ’Destiny’

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

Second part of the Salzburg Festival’s production of Berlioz’s epic opera based on Virgil’s Aeneid. Sylvain Cambreling conducts the Orchestre de Paris. The cast is led by Deborah Polaski, Jon Villars and Russell Braun

The story of Joseph Shabalala, leader of the acclaimed South African ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who rose from humble origins to become one of the most innovative and feted singers in the world

Melvyn Bragg celebrates 25 years of the landmark arts magazine with a series of archive episodes. This edition profiles the Tallis Scholars, specialists in early vocal music

Art expert Tim Marlow presents a series about the lives, loves and passions of Impressionist artists. In this programme, he looks at Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a sensual artist whose work is a celebration of the pleasure of painting for painting’s sake

First part of the Salzburg Festival’s production of Berlioz’s epic opera based on Virgil’s Aeneid. Sylvain Cambreling conducts the Orchestre de Paris. The cast is led by Deborah Polaski, Jon Villars and Russell Braun

A star-studded cast features in this six-part adaptation of M M Kaye’s epic tale of love, treachery and battle set in 19th-century British colonial India

The innovative Californian string quartet perform the weird and haunting work by George Crumb and Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera

Series featuring the complete cycle of seven symphonies by Jean Sibelius. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Symphony No 5

Melvyn Bragg celebrates 25 years of the landmark arts magazine with a series of archive episodes. This edition profiles the Tallis Scholars, specialists in early vocal music

Art expert Tim Marlow presents a series about the lives, loves and passions of Impressionist artists. In this programme, he looks at Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a sensual artist whose work is a celebration of the pleasure of painting for painting’s sake

First part of the Salzburg Festival’s production of Berlioz’s epic opera based on Virgil’s Aeneid. Sylvain Cambreling conducts the Orchestre de Paris. The cast is led by Deborah Polaski, Jon Villars and Russell Braun

A star-studded cast features in this six-part adaptation of M M Kaye’s epic tale of love, treachery and battle set in 19th-century British colonial India

The innovative Californian string quartet perform the weird and haunting work by George Crumb and Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera

Series featuring the complete cycle of seven symphonies by Jean Sibelius. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Symphony No 5

Art expert Tim Marlow presents a series about the lives, loves and passions of Impressionist artists. In this programme, he looks at the work of Claude Monet, a radical whose masterpiece, ‘Lilies’, epitomises the Impressionist style

A lively performance from the Rishile Gumboot Dancers of Soweto

Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields perform classical favourites in the grounds of Longleat House. The programme includes extracts from Grieg’s Holberg Suite, Handel’s Berenice, Pachelbel’s Canon, Mozart’s Divertimenti for Strings and Bach’s Air on a G String

Film version of the extraordinarily successful West End theatre production which sprints through all 37 Shakespeare plays and 154 sonnets in just 90 minutes

The innovative designer of vacuum cleaners talks about the art that has influenced his work

Art expert Tim Marlow presents a series about the lives, loves and passions of Impressionist artists. In this programme, he looks at the work of Claude Monet, a radical whose masterpiece, ‘Lilies’, epitomises the Impressionist style

A lively performance from the Rishile Gumboot Dancers of Soweto

Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields perform classical favourites in the grounds of Longleat House. The programme includes extracts from Grieg’s Holberg Suite, Handel’s Berenice, Pachelbel’s Canon, Mozart’s Divertimenti for Strings and Bach’s Air on a G String

Film version of the extraordinarily successful West End theatre production which sprints through all 37 Shakespeare plays and 154 sonnets in just 90 minutes

The innovative designer of vacuum cleaners talks about the art that has influenced his work

Art expert Tim Marlow presents a series about the lives, loves and passions of Impressionist artists. In this programme, he looks at the work of troubled genius Van Gogh, who sold only one painting throughout his life but now commands record-breaking prices

Documentary about gumboot dancing, which originated in the gold mines of South Africa during apartheid, focusing on the Rishile Dancers in Soweto

Profile of Maria Callas, one of the operatic greats of the 20th century. Featuring extensive interviews and a selection of Callas’s greatest performances

Semyon Bychkov conducts the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s grandiose symphonic song cycle. Soloists are Waltraud Meier and Torsten Kerl

The sculpture ‘Rameses II’ - normally housed in the Louvre - is replaced in its original context in order to get a better understanding of its cultural significance and a greater certainty of its true subject

The series exploring sources of inspiration for great artists visits the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, whose church is immortalised in a painting by Van Gogh

Art expert Tim Marlow presents a series about the lives, loves and passions of Impressionist artists. In this programme, he looks at the work of troubled genius Van Gogh, who sold only one painting throughout his life but now commands record-breaking prices

Documentary about gumboot dancing, which originated in the gold mines of South Africa during apartheid, focusing on the Rishile Dancers in Soweto

Profile of Maria Callas, one of the operatic greats of the 20th century. Featuring extensive interviews and a selection of Callas’s greatest performances

Semyon Bychkov conducts the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s grandiose symphonic song cycle. Soloists are Waltraud Meier and Torsten Kerl

The sculpture ‘Rameses II’ - normally housed in the Louvre - is replaced in its original context in order to get a better understanding of its cultural significance and a greater certainty of its true subject

The series exploring sources of inspiration for great artists visits the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, whose church is immortalised in a painting by Van Gogh