Presented by Susan Sharpe.
1.00 New series
St David 's Hall Recital
The first of a new season, introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas.
Thomas Bowes (violin) Eleanor Alberga (piano)
Szymanowski Three Myths, Op 30
John Metcalf Paradise
Haunts (first performance)
2.00 Limerick Choice
Your limericks now are sent in, Today we find out who 's to win.
The best ones we'll share
With you, live on air
And the rest go straight in the bin!
Susan Sharpe and a mystery guest mull over your strains and discover the best listener's limerick on a musical theme.
Send your original entries to: Limerick Choice, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
FAX: (0171) [number removed]
Closing date 18 December
2.20 Mozart
A Musical Joke (K522) Academy of St Martin Chamber Ensemble
Adagio and Rondo in C (KV617)
Bruno Hoffmann (glass harmonica)
Aurele Nicolet (flute) Heinz Holliger (oboe) Karl Schouten (viola) Jean Decroos (cello) Discs
3.00 Mining the Archive Alan Bush
(b 22 Dec 1900-1995)
Susan Sharpe pays tribute to the British composer who died two months ago at the age of 94. She talks to John Amis , who knew him for many years, and introduces a selection of Bush's works, including his Christmas cantata The
Winter Journey.
Producer Susan Kenyon See also 10.50pm
FAIREST ISLE
4.20 Turns of the Century
Robert Cushman celebrates
Victoria Wood.
Producer Jonathan James-Moore
4.30 Songs of Winter Traditional music from around the world for
Christmas, carnival, the midwinter solstice and other festivals and customs of the cold months.