Strauss Bohm

Katie Derham presents flavours of Finland, Russia and Germany from three 20th-century favourites. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra bring you Sibelius's turbulent First Symphony, Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 2 performed by Gil Shaham, and the orchestral suite from Richard Strauss's blockbuster opera Der Rosenkavalier.

The legendary Levi's jeans, Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Boeing planes, precious Steinway pianos and the legendary Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York - they are all achievements from the land of opportunity. But they have another thing in common: their creators emigrated from Germany to the New World.

In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss II - Schani to his friends - would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music.

Cities of the World depicts the ambiance, variety, unspoiled majesty and splendor of fourteen of the world's most unique cities. These captivating destinations have all been singled out to create a culture full of history.

Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.

A team of researchers record memories of the Irish Civil War that were passed on through families and communities throughout Ireland. The group unexpectedly uncovered a trove of audio recordings of men and women central to the Irish revolutionary period on tapes that were in an attic in the United States for 50 years.

A live recording of Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic performing works by Wagner, Richard Strauss, and Beethoven at the old NHK Concert Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 3 November 1957. Note: For a short time in the 1st movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony the audio reverts to low-quality mono where the original is missing. There are also short missing segments of the film which have been replaced with still frames.

In the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.