Women's Studies: Sisters in Crime

with Andrew Lyle.
7.00* Britten
An American Overture
CBSO/Simon Rattle
7.45* Monteverdi Lamento d 'Arianna
Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley
8.00* Mendelssohn
Concert Piece No 1
Victoria Soames (clarinet)
Roger Heaton (basset-horn) Julius Drake (piano)
8.50* Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
The Composer (piano). Discs

"The organ is the king of instruments". (Mozart to his father, 1777). "His agility on the fortepiano is inexpressible - and to this is added a truly extraordinary ability to read at sight, which truly borders on the incredible. On the organ too he showed his great skill in the strict style." (Newspaper report from Dresden, 1789).
Church Sonata in C (K336) Ian Watson (organ)
King's Consort/Robert King Fantasia in F minor (K608) Martin Haselbock (organ) Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat (K595)
Alfred Brendel (piano) Academy of St Martin, conductor Neville Marriner
Rondo in A minor (K511) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Discs

conductor Andrew Davis
Ernst Kovacic (violin) Britten
Overture: Paul Bunyan Sinfonia do Requiem Weill Violin Concerto Symphony No 2

Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Chopin Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35 Nocturne in F, Op 55

with Howard Shelley (piano)

Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik, Op 24 No 2

Ligeti Ten Pieces for wind quintet

Beethoven Quintet in E flat for piano and wind, Op 16

(Rpt)

Stephen Johnson introduces two recordings of the violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
Brahms Violin Sonata in D minor, Op
Hepzibah Menuhin (piano) Beethoven Violin Concerto in D
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ian Whyte

Gerald Gifford (harpsichord) Handel arr Babell
Overture; No, no che quest' alma (Rinaldo)
Zlpoli Canzona in G minor Handel Fugue No 1 in G minor
Roselngrave Introduction to Scarlatti's Lessons
Scarlatti Sonata in G (Kk2) Ame Allegro (Concerto No 1 in C)
Alberti Sonata No 5 in A
Greene Lesson in A minor
Paradies
Sonata No 2 in B flat
Ame Sonata No 6 in G minor

Songs of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands.
Five Duets: Primrose
Cantata: Mikes of the Mountains
Milada Cejkova (soprano) Vladimir Dolezal (tenor) Kiihn Mixed Chorus
Members of the Talich
Quartet
Stanislav Bogunia (piano) director Pavel Kuhn Discs

As the moon, mirrored in flowing water, is a Buddhist symbol of the impermanence of this world, the sounds of the erhu fiddle and qin zither reveal the antiquity of Chinese music. Including performances by Wu Suhua , Mahmet Tolomush and Dai Xiaolian. Producer Alan Hall

with Richard Baker. Producer Edward Blakeman

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Peter Maxwell Davies
Barry Douglas (piano).
The first of two Proms tonight.
Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G
7.50 Michael Hall presents a listener's guide to Peter Maxwell Davies's Symphony No 2 - its debt to the past and to Beethoven's mighty Hammerklavier Sonata, as well as its inspiration derived from the seascape around the Orkney Islands.
8.10 Maxwell Davies Symphony No 2

Gavin Ewart writes a poem to celebrate Robert Herrrick and talks to Robin Blake about a neglected erotic poet. Reader Robert Stephens.

Andalucia's spectacular coastline stretches from
Huelva to the Gulf of Almeria. At its heart lies the ancient city of Cadiz, flamenco's oldest home.
The flamenco guitarist Marcos presents songs from the Costa de la Luz, where the canto gitano thrives in the lively atmosphere of the ports.
The late maestro Camaron sings an akgrias from the salt marshes of San
Femando, and there are contributions from Beni de
Cadiz, Morente and the guitars of Paco de Lucia and Tomatito.
Producer Tony Sellors

from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Peter Frankl and Tamas Vasary (piano duet)
BBC Singers, conductor Jane Glover.
The concert begins with the original version of Brahms's famous waltzes, published in 1869.

Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52

Schubert Fantasy in F minor (D 940)

Brahms Neue Liebeslieder, Op 65

Sarah Walker introduces a seamless sequence of music by Toru Takemrtsu - including A flock descends into the pentagonal garden and the percussion piece Seasons - and Chris Dench : flute solos from a recent CD recording by Laura Chislett.