Yehudi Menuhin's 80th birthday is celebrated by reissues from EMI and Biddulph including some of his 1930s recordings: works by Beethoven, Paganini, Lalo and Chausson. Robert Cowan investigates.
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12.00 Private Passions
Michael Berkeley's guest is actor Simon Callow, who has played Shakespeare and Amadeus at the National Theatre, Napoleon in BBCtv's Man of Destiny, Charles II in Tony Palmer's film Purcell and Gareth in Four Weddings and a Funeral. His musical choices include Oscar Hammerstein II, the finale of Mahler's Symphony No 8, Mozart, Saint-Sains, Prokofiev and Cole Porter.

A Classic Arts production
(See also Monday 9.20pm)