The fourth of eight programmes Malcolm Lipkin Pastorale , for horn and string quintet NASH ENSEMBLE
Martin Peerson The Fall of the Leaf: CHRISTOPHER KITE (virginals) Finzi Elegy: The Fall of the Leaf, Op 20: LPO ADRIAN BOULT Howard Ferguson Bagatelle , Op9No5
CLIFFORD BENSON (piano)
Robin Milford Fishing by Moonlight, Op 96a CLIFFORD benson (piano) SOUTHERN PRO ARTE/
CHRISTOPHER FINZI
Kenneth Leighton Suite: Veris gratia, Op 9: GEORGE caird (oboe) RAPHAEL WALLFISCH (cello)
RLPO/VERNON HANDLEY. Records

(piano)
The fourth of six programmes Mozart Sonata in B flat (K 454)
With NORBERT BRAININ (violin) (R) Piano Concerto No 12 in A (K 414) BOSTON SO PIERRE MONTEUX. Record Mono

Monteverdi Salve Regina
(Selva morale e spirituale, 1641) NIGEL ROGERS (tenor) [AN PARTRIDGE (tenor) KENNETH HEATH (Cello)
SIMON PRESTON (chamber organ) anon Bobbing Joe; The Friar and the Nun (Playford's English Dancing Master, 1651) BROADSIDE BAND
Meyerbeer 0 ciel! Ou courezvous (Les Huguenots, Act 4)
MONTSERRAT CABALLE (soprano) BERNABE MARTI (tenor)
LSO/CHARLES
MACKERRAS William Kraft Concerto for four percussionists and orchestra
THE COMPOSER
WALTER GOODWIN
CHARLES DELANAY
FORREST CLARK
LOS ANGELES PO ZUBIN MEHTA
Madeleine Dring Five Betjeman Songs: ROBERT TEAR (tenor) PHILIP LEDGER (piano)
Vassily Kalinnikov Symphony No2inA
USSR SO/EVGENY SVETLANOV Records

Presented by Michael Oliver
La Vrate Carmen :
Rodney Milnes explores the language, text and performance of Bizet's opera.
A conversation with Libor Pesek , conductor of the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra. 'A man of talent, and much celebrated in his time
Keith Elcombe examines the life and reputation of Dietrich Buxtehude. Producer ANDREW LYLE
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 2. 00pm)

Donald Weilerstein (violin) Peter Salaff (violin)
James Dunham (viola) Paul Katz (cello)
Schubert Quartet in D (D 74) Beethoven Quartet in B flat, Op 18 No
(A re-broadcast of last Monday's BBC Lunchtime Concert)

Cardiff Festival JOHN LILL (piano)
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by JAMES CLARK conducted by TADAAKI OTAKA Part 1 Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor

Dr Mark Elvin , Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, reflects on some aspects of language and how we use it.
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 9. 10pm)

Part 2 Stravinsky
Ballet: The Rite of Spring (Given on 5 December in St David 's Hall. Cardiff) BBC Wales

Philippa Davies (flute) George Caird (oboe)
Andrew Marriner (clarinet) Felix Warnock (bassoon) Peter Francomb (harp) with ROGER VIGNOLES (piano)
Mozart Quintet in E flat (K 452) Poulenc Sextet

led by HARRY CAWOOD conducted by NICHOLAS KRAEMER SINFONIA CHORUS chorusmaster ALAN FEARON MICHALA PETRI (recorder)
Beethoven Elegischer Gesang , Op 118
Telemann Suite in A minor
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G (BWV 1048)
3.20* Interval Reading
3.25* Vivaldi Concerto in c (rv 443), for flautino and orchestra
Albert Lorenz Theme and Variations in c, for unaccompanied recorder Vivaldi Kyrie (RV 587), for double chorus and orchestra Credo in E minor (Rv 591)
(Given on 9 April in the City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne) BBC Manchester

Earlier this year
Richard EUmann died, shortly after completing his definitive biography of Oscar Wilde. Owen Dudley Edwards reviews this long-awaited book and pays tribute to its author. (R)

(piano)
Chopin Impromptus: No 1 in A flat, Op 29; No 2 in F sharp, Op 36; No 3 in c flat, Op 51; Fantaisie-Impromptu in c sharp minor. Op 66;
Polonaise-fantasy in A flat, Op 61
Mompou Cancion i dansa: j No 1; No 6 | Granados Quejas o la maja y el ruisenor (Goyescas) Albeniz Navarra
(Norwegian Radio recording from this year's Bergen Festival)

by WASHINGTON IRVING abridged in three episodes and read by Neville Jason 1: The Legend of the Arabian Astrologer
'0 wise son of Ayub,' said the grateful King of Granada, 'what can I bestow on thee in reward for your great service?' 'I am an old man and a philosopher, 0 King, and my wants are few and simple. Grant me but the means of fitting up my cave as a suitable hermitage, and I am content....' Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS
('The Legend of the Three Beautiful Princesses'on Friday at 1. 05pm)

played by MORAY WELSH with ANDREW BALL (piano) Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune (1950)
Rebecca Clarke Rhapsody (1923) (first broadcast)
Lukas Foss Capriccio (1946)
Rebecca Clarke Epilogue (1921) BBC Manchester

Opera seria in two acts
Libretto by GAETANO rossi after voltaire
Music by Rossini (sung in Italian)
In Babylon, c 800 BC,
Semiramide murders her husband and unwittingly falls in love with her own son.
VIENNA SINGAKADEMIE
AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by OLEG CAETAM (Austrian Radio recording)

The Survival of the Symphony Six talks by the composer
Alexander Goehr , Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge
4: A Licence for Licence
Little was provided for the innovators of the turn of the century, except cheap accommodation and cafe life. What is the nature of today's avant-garde, which has been absorbed into society?
(Lecture 5: 'Let the People Sing' Wednesday 9. 15pm Radio 4)

I do not do things by chance. Have faith that the modern composer builds on foundations Of truth. CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI A musical complement to this week's Reith Lecture, including Monteverdi Fourth Book of madrigals (excerpts)
Stravinsky Three pieces for string quartet
Varese Ionisation, for percussion ensemble
Webem Cantata No 1, Op 29 Schoenberg Chamber
Symphony No 1, Op 9b. Records

Theme and Variations. Op 43a EASTMAN WIND ENSEMBLE
FREDERICK FENNELL String Trio, Op 45
MEMBERS OF LA SALLE QUARTET Piano Concerto, Op 42 PETER SERKIN
LSO PIERRE BOULEZ. Records