Andrew Lyle presents today's programme of music and news for the early morning, including works by Mendelssohn, Ravel, LitoIff, and Vivaldi and at
8.41* Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 3 in Eflat

Donizetti
"A Prodigious Madness" 5: Deserted and Alone on Earth, 1841-1843
Extracts from
Maria Padilla , Don Pasquale (Act 2 complete) and Don Sebastiano , with casts including Tito Schipa , Lois McDonnell and Enrico Caruso.
Jonathan Adams reads from the composer's letters.

Leland Chen (violin)
Clare MacFarlane (viola) Caroline Dearnley (cello) Julius Drake (piano)
Schumann Adagio and Alkgro, Op 70
Ravel Tzigane
Schumann Piano Quartet in Eflat, Op 47

If play is interrupted,
Radio 3 will revert to a music schedule
England v Pakistan The Fifth Cornhill Test.
Commentary from The
Oval on the second day's play.

1.10
Call the Commentators
A chance to put your questions directly to the experts. Lines open at
11.00am on [number removed]1.30
County Scoreboard
1.40
Commentary
3.45
Minor Counties Review
Ralph Dellor reviews the Minor Counties scene.
4.00
Commentary including close of play summary.

A selection of music on records.

live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conductor Simon Rattle
Peter Donohoe (piano) Mahler
Blumine
Bartok
Piano Concerto No 2
8.10 The Divine Light of Reason
Rene Descartes is deeply unfashionable; but is he destined to become just a silhouette on an ECU coin?
In the first of two programmes, Professor John Cottingham reassesses Descartes, who, by capturing the tension between the human aspiration for truth and our limitations, can claim to be the father of science as well as philosophy. With Charles Simon as Descartes.
8.30 Debussy feux
Haydn
Symphony No 90 in C

Robert Cushman 's six-part series presents a personal view of musicals with songs from original cast recordings, some familiar, some less well known.
4: Love and Marriage.
Producer Jonathan James-Moore

Simon Standage (violin) Schinichiro Nakano
(harpsichord)
Mondonville Sonata in G, Op 3 No 5
Leclair Sonata in A, Op 9 No 4
Bach Sonata in C minor (BWV 1017)

A second chance to hear
John Casken 's new song cycle, which was premiered at the Proms last Friday.
Thomas Allen (baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra/
Matthias Bamert

Suk A Child's Christmas
Dream (Lullabies); About Friendslup; Epilogue; Death, come but softly (Lullabies)
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