Adrian Edwards presents today's edition of Radio 3's programme of music, news, weather and headlines from the arts world.
William Walton
Suite: The Wise Virgins London PO/
Bryden Thomson
Canzonetta; Scherzetto Michael Davis (violin)
Rayson Whalley (piano) Symphony No 2 London PO/
Charles Mackerras
Records
Rebecca Hirsch (violin) Caroline Deamley (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Haydn
Trio in A (H XV 18)
Ravel Trio in A minor
England v Pakistan
The Fourth Comhill Test at Headingley.
Ball-by-ball commentary on the first day's play by Brian Johnston , Jonathan Agnew and Christopher Martin-Jenkins , with expert comment from Fred Trueman and Vic Marks.
Scorer: Bill Frindall.
1.10 The Great Match
Peter Baxter recalls the 1982 Headingley Test between England and Pakistan.
1.30 County Scoreboard
1.40 Commentary
3.45 County Talk: A look at the county scene with Nick Cook , Graeme Fowler and Simon Hughes.
4.00 Commentary and close of play summary.
Handel and his music between Rome and London.
Producer Graham Dixon
Records
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
John Lill (piano)
Patricia Rozario (soprano) John Mark Ainsley and Andrew Murgatroyd (tenors)
Britten Singers
BBC Welsh Chorus
Chester Festival Chorus
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conductor Richard Hickox
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor)
8.10 John Tavener and Father Philip Steer reflect on how a musical work can be called an ikon.
Reader Piers Burton-Page.
8.30 John Tavener We shall see Him as He is (Ikon of the Beloved)
The second of three programmes of his piano playing and his music.
Brahms Variations on an original theme, Op 21 No 2 Andre Tchaikowsky Clarinet Sonata, Op 1 Janet Hilton (clarinet) Peter Frankl (piano)
Beethoven Sonata in A flat, Op 110
(Final programme next Thursday at 10.00pm)
An eight-part series in which Paul Oliver looks at the origins of blues music and at the kinds of music which preceded it.
7: John Henry and the Boll Weevil.
White ballad traditions gave a form which black "songsters" could use, but they sang of heroes with whom they could identify - the indestructible boll weevil, the steel-driver John Henry and the bad man Railroad Bill.
The Court of Frederick the Great
Frederick the Great
Flute Concerto in C; Aria: Sulk piu belk piante (Il rè pastore)
Bach Ricercar a 6 CPE Bach Trio Sonata in C minor (Wq 161 No 1) (Sanguineus and Melanchoticus)
Symphony in Eflat (Wq 17.9)
