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5/5. Kate Molleson explores Verdi's uneasy relationship with fame, politics and posterity.

Petroc welcomes the Darius Brubeck Quartet, Sir Simon Russell Beale and Lucy Parham to In Tune.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a concert devised by BBC Open Music Trainees; a musical journey through patterns of sleep. Presented by Katie Derham.

John Foxx takes us through the history of the five pianos which have shaped his music. As the lead singer of Ultravox and a solo artist, pianos have been his life-long obsession.

Verity Sharp plays new music from The Sleep Of Reason Produces Monsters, Etuk Ubong, and Tears - OV.

In this Friday's edition of 'Round Midnight, Soweto shares highlights from a performance by Mexican-born American vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, recorded in Saalfelden, Austria.