Presented by Andrew McGregor.
Telemann Overture-Suite in A minor
Israel Camerata, Rehovot, conductor Avnir Biron
6.30 Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Roy Goodman
7.05 Mozart L'Amero, saro costante (II Re pastore) Lucia Popp (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
7.42 Gershwin, arr Bennett Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture LSO/Andre Previn
8.05 Chopin Waltz in A flat, Op 42
Dinu Lipatti (piano)
8.36 Haydn Symphony No 45 in F sharp minor (Farewell)
Israel Camerata, Rehovot, conductor Avnir Biron

With Catriona Young.
This week, the third book of Liszt's Annees de pelerinage and English music for strings.

Walton, arr Mathieson Suite: Henry V - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Litton

9.17 Liszt Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage) - Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

9.34 Ireland Concertino pastorale - City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox

(Discs)

With Mark Rowlinson.

Artist of the Week
Christopher Herrick continues his survey of the Mendelssohn organ sonatas, played on the 1855 Ladegast organ in Merseburg Cathedral, Germany.
Christopher Herrick's other performances this week are given on the 1989 Marcussen organ in Lindevangs Church, Copenhagen.

Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in C, Op 65 No 2

10.10 Sibelius Symphony No 4 in A minor - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Stephen Kovacevich

10.50 Liszt A la chapelle Sixtine (S633) - Keith Swallow and John Wilson (pianos)

11.05 Elgar Froissart - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vernon Handley

11.45 Mendelssohn Sonata in A, Op 65 No 3 - Christopher Herrick (organ)

Presented by John Purser. 2: The Italian Scot
Including
Alexander Mackenzie 's cantata The
Rose of Sharon, which was frowned upon as being too sensual, and William Wallace 's equally ravishing tone poem The Passing of Beatrice.
BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 The BBC
Orchestras
BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Gunter Herbig Joan Rodgers (soprano) Sheffield Philharmonic
Choir
Brahms Nanie
Strauss Four Last Songs
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor
2.20 The Tree of Life
Yggdrasil Quartet of Aberdeen
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor (D703)
BerwaM String Quartet No 2 in A minor
Beethoven String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3 (Rasumovsky) Rpt
3.25 New series
Letters from
Paul Cezanne
Read by Barrie Rutter. 1: A Turbulent Youth
Richard Kendall introduces a legendary figure, perhaps the most influential and misrepresented artist of our age. Born and brought up in Aix-en-Provence, Cezanne achieved his ambition to study art in Paris in 1861 but was disappointed with the art world he found there.
Producer Judith Bumpus
Next programme Saturday 3.15pm
3.30 The BBC
Orchestras
BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra
Conductor Martyn Brabbins Virginia Kerr (soprano)
Stephen Varcoe (baritone) William Sweeney The Woods of Raasay (BBC commission, first performance)
Shostakovich Symphony No 5

Verity Sharp asks three critics to review their own profession - a good performance?

With Mairi Nicolson , including
Scriabin Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op 3 No 2
5.50 Berlioz Overture:
Roman Carnival
6.04 Dvorak Prague Waltzes Producer Paul Hindmarsh

From Studio One.
Stephen Coombs and Artur Pizarro (pianos) Messiaen Visions de
I'amen
8.25 Reflections of Messiaen
Roger Nichols talks to two of Messiaen's pupils about the composer's work and influences.
8.45 Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances

John Sessions and John Bird present today's edition of the spoof arts magazine programme examining literary figures of the past and assessing their relevance to today's society.
Virginia Woolf
With Jaqueline Ashman , Rebecca Front,
Sally Phillips and Sarah Wynter. Written by John Morton

An all-Boccherini concert, given in the Eglise de
Madeleine at last July's Aix-en-Provence Festival.
Monique Zanetti and Sophie Daneman (sopranos)
Howard Crook (tenor) Les Arts Florissants, director David Simpson
Boccherini String Quintet in B flat (G337); Stabat Mater (1800 version)
Producer Lindsay Kemp

Richard Coles explores the neglected comers of everyday history with Greil Marcus , one of the foremost American writers on music and author of The
Dustbin of History. Plus a review of the Welsh
National Opera's first-ever production of The Rake's Progress, directed by Matthew Warchus.
Producer Julian May

Radio 3 Early Music Invitation Concerts
Introduced by Chris de Souza.
She Would and She Would
Not
The London Oboe Band perform theatre music by William Croft and James Paisible
, and spring a few surprises.
Producer Lindsay Kemp