5.55 Developing World: AIDS in Uganda
6.15 Popular Theatre in 16th-century London
6.35 Feminism and the Traditions of Thought

David Cornet presents the last of eight programmes of recordings from
Europe's premier music festivals, concert halls and recital rooms.
Haydn Symphony No 67 in F Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Herbert Blomstedt
7.32 Schumann Three Romances,
Op 28
Maria-Joao Pires (piano)
7.50 Lott! Sonata in F (Echo-Sonate) Zefiro Ensemble
8.00 Martucci La Canzone dei
Ricordi; Nocturne
Brigitte Baileys (mezzo).
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
8.35 Vitali Capriccio detto II Molza
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca Treviso
8.40 Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Eddie Daniels (clarinet), Rotterdam Philharmonic, conductor Paavo Jarvi
Producer Peter Thresh

Stephen Johnson looks forward to the last week of the Proms season, which includes the innovation of a Junior Prom hosted by Tony Robinson, the world premiere of Anthony Powers's Symphony and a last night that brings together pianist Joanna MacGregor, trumpet player John Wallace, soprano Felicity Lott and mezzo Ann Murray.

Competition Phone: [number removed] Address: Proms News [address removed]

(Repeated tomorrow 7.00pm)

Humphrey Burton shares some of the pleasures of his half-century of record collecting, beginning with a personal selection of recent budget CD releases.
10.00 A weekly anthology of favourite 78s and LPs that have been remastered on CD.
Bloch Concerto Grosso No 1
Ravel Introduction and Allegro Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66
11.00 Personal memories of musicians with whom Humphrey Burton has worked closely on television in a career stretching back 40 years. Today's final programme features Elisabeth Soderstrom in songs by Rachmaninov, Rossini's Cat Duet and part of Capriccio by Strauss. Producer Steve Portnoi

Robert Cowan presents the last edition in the current series about the classical music recording business. exploring current issues including politics and finance, techniques and output, the stars and the people behind the scenes. Tasmin Little blind-tastes recordings of Brahms Alto Rhapsody. There is a report on the record-buying habits of the British concert-goer, and the concluding part of The Story of a CD looks at critical and public reactions to a recent release. Studio guests including Dr Michael Tanner and John Boyden debate issues raised during the series. Producer Martin Cotton

The eighth of nine programmes featuring recordings by the great tenor. Although he is supremely successful in the Italian and French repertories, Domingo sees no reason why he should not also apply his talents to the music of Wagner, usually regarded as the province of specialists. Michael Oliver introduces a mid-eighties performance of Lohengrin and concentrates on those passages in which the title role is the dominant presence (the later part of Act 1 and the whole of Act 3). Wagner Lohengrin
The opera tells of the classic "knight in shining armour", who appears in a swan-drawn boat to champion the cause of Elsa against her false accuser Telramund. The victorious knight offers Elsa his hand in marriage, but she must never ask him his name.
Vienna State Opera Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti Discs
Next Saturday. Domingo sings the role of Riccardo in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera

National Youth Orchestra of Ireland
The first British broadcast by this orchestra of the Republic of Ireland's finest musicians features a heartfelt tribute to their native land.
Conductors Robert Houlihan and Bryden Thomson
Elgar Overture: Alassio (In the South) Seoirse Bodley Symphony No 2
(I Have Loved the Lands of Ireland) Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Producer David Gallagher

Geoffrey Smith introduces another selection of listeners' favourite jazz tracks.
Producer Alan Hall Discs
ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3.
Broadcasting House. London W1A 4WW
Fax: (0171) [number removed]

Steve Reich at 60
Natalie Wheen investigates the composing career of Steve Reich , a leading figure of the American avantgarde. Now 60, he has come a long way from the early experiments with tape loops to complex music theatre pieces with video: a journey via African drumming, the gamelan and Hebrew cantillation. The programme includes contributions from members of his ensemble, composers David Lang and Lukas Foss , critics John Rockwell and Kyle Gann , and Reich himself. Producer Jessica Isaacs

Conductor Ivor Bolton , Gail Hennessy (oboe), Gloria Banditelli (mezzo), Sarah Connolly (contralto)
An all-Vivaldi programme including a rarely heard serenata composed for a royal wedding in 1725. Sonata in C, RV779; Trio Sonata in D minor, RV63 (La Folia); Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV461; Serenata: Gloria e
Himeneo. RV687

The Rotterdam Philharmonic's second Prom is a Russian and French programme including two composers - Prokofiev and Musorgsky - close to conductor Valery Gergiev's heart. Prokofiev's turbulent symphony is counterbalanced by Musorgsky's song-cycle, and the concert is rounded off with Debussy's study of the sea and its many moods.
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rotterdam Philharmonic, conductor Valery Gergiev

Prokofiev Symphony No 6

8.45 Have Violin, Will Travel
Tonight's presenter Christopher Warren-Green packs his violin into his panniers, snaps on his cycle clips and heads off for a bicycle tour of the Netherlands. His travel diary explores the cultural and culinary delights of Rotterdam and the Randstad.

9.05 Musorgsky, orch Denisov The Nursery (first UK performance)

Debussy La Mer

(Simultaneous Broadcast with BBC2)
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BBC Proms 1996
Radio 3: 8.00pm Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, renowned for his performances with Leningrad's Kirov Opera, arrives at the Proms with his new orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and two composers close to his heart - Prokofiev and Musorgsky. Kirov soprano Anna Netrebko is the soloist in the latter's song cycle The Nursery, which receives its British premiere in tonight's performance. Gergiev describes it as "having a very special atmosphere, a purity which transplants you to a child's world."

Michael Rosen returns with a weekly insight into the world of poetry, including critical discussion of new work. interviews and the reassessment of a poetic reputation. Producer Christopher Cook

Geoffrey Smith introduces an evening at Ronnie Scott's Club in London of music inspired by gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. Martin Taylor (acoustic guitar), Dave O'Higgins (saxophones). Jack Emblow
(accordion), John Goldie (rhythm guitar) and Terry Gregory (acoustic bass guitar) perform standards including Night and Day, Lady Be Good and Honeysuckle Rose, numbers by Reinhardt himself - Nuages, Swing 42 and Minor Swing, and pieces by Martin Taylor - Double Top, Django's Dream and Chez Fernand. During the interval, Geoffrey Smith reminisces with Ronnie Scott and his partner Pete King about their club, which opened in London 37 years ago. Repeat

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Yefim Bronfman (piano), St Petersburg PO, conductor
Yuri Temirkanov Prokofiev Symphony No 1 (Classical) Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony
2.45 Chamber music: Schubert Piano
Trio in B flat, D898 Haydn Trio of Vienna Bruckner String Quintet in FAuryn
Quartet with Michael Schnitzler (viola)
4.10 Vaughan Williams Symphony No 2 (A London Symphony)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
5.00 Sequence