Presented by Andrew McGregor , including
Victoria Magnificat Primi Toni Westminster Cathedral Choir, director James O'Donnell
6.14 Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat,
Op 70 No 2
Frank Peter Zimmerman (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello),
Christian Zacharis (piano)
7.05 Weber Overture: Peter Schmoll
Philharmonia, conductor Neeme Jarvi
7.39 Poulenc Suite: Les Biches
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
8.05 Rachmaninov Prelude in G minor,
Op 23 No 5
Peter Donohoe (piano)
8.20 Mozart Symphony No 41 in C (Jupiter)
English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock

With Catriona Young.
Rachmaninov Etudes-Tableaux , Op 39 Nos 5 and 6 Murray Perahia (piano)
9.08 Prokofiev Autumnal
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
9.17 Strauss Horn Concerto No 1
Dennis Brain ,
Philharmonia, conductor Alceo Galliera
9.33 Berlioz La Mort de Cleopatre Jessye Norman (soprano),
Paris Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
Discs

With Chris Wines, including arrangements of classic pop songs by members of the Composers' Ensemble.
Smyth, arr Ades Cardiac Arrest Composers' Ensemble
10.04 Copland Symphony No 1 French National Orchestra, conducted by the composer
10.30 Wilson Don't Talk (arr Woolrich); God Only Knows (arr Bedford)
Composers' Ensemble
10.37 Paganlni Guitar Quartet in C, Op 4 No 2
Paganini Ensemble
10.58 Johnston, arr Bainbridge Disney Girls
Gabriel, arr Cashian Here Comes the Flood
Rose, arr Sciarrino Deep Purple Composers' Ensemble
11.12 J C Bach String Quartet No 1 in D
London Baroque
11.21 Artist of the Week:
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate
11.53 Bacharach, arr Carpenter Say a Little Prayer
Rodgers, arr Vines There Is Nothing Like a Dame (South Pacific) Composers' Ensemble

With Richard Langham Smith.
Franck, orch Stokowski Grand Pièce Symphonique (2nd mvt) Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski Franck Panis Angelicus Beniamino Gigli (tenor) Redemption (Part 2)
Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo), David Holt (narrator),
Orfeon Donostiarra Chorus,
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Conductor Nicholas Braithwaite ,
Paul Barritt (violin)
Berwald, compl Castegren Symphony No 2 (Sinfonie Capricieuse) Lutoslawski Chain 2
Sibelius Symphony No 2

Penny Gore introduces a recital by pianist Steven Osborne.
Bach Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV825
Beethoven Sonata in D, Op 10 No 3 Repeated from yesterday 10.00pm

Mezzo Cecilia Bartoli and pianist
Andras Schiff perform Beethoven's Four Ariettas, Op 82 and Mozart's Ridente la Cafma, K152. Discs

Listeners recall moments of lasting significance from the Third Programme or Radio 3. Lady Antonia Fraser remembers listening to the Proms with her family round the kitchen table, and listening alone to Joan Sutherland in La Traviata to enjoy the special intimacy of opera on radio.
Next programme Thursday 3.25pm

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka , Martin Roscoe (piano)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 3 in Eflat
Ledenyov Symphony in Simple Modes

Tuning
Tommy Pearson learns the importance of playing in tune.

Sean Rafferty talks to Timothy Allen and Donal Doherty , the co-artistic directors of the Two Cathedrals
Festival in Londonderry.
Grainger Irish Tune from County Deny ASMF Chamber Ensemble
5.35 Wieniawski Legende Ruggiero Ricci (violin),
Joanna Gruenberg (piano)
6.10 Bach Prelude and Fugue in G minor ("Well-tempered Clavier", Bk 1) Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
6.30 Stanford Irish Rhapsody No 1 in D minor
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Producer David Byers

From Studio 1, Birmingham. Vaidine Anderson (soprano) and inomas Ades (piano) perform songs by Samuel Feinberg , Nikolai Roslavets and Arthur Lourie , and Gyorgy Kurtag 's Requiem for the Beloved.
THE THIRD AT 50
8.05 Readings from the Archive
An opportunity to hear archive recordings of three great 20th-century writers. 2: Two Little Girls (excerpt)
In 1964, Elizabeth Bowen introduced and read from her novel-in-progress, a typically sharp comedy of manners about friendship.
8.25 Solo piano music by the mysterious Russian composer Alexei Stanchinsky , including his second sonata; and by his contemporary Stravinsky, including some unpublished, early miniatures. The concert also includes the first broadcast of a song-cycle by Jonathan Powell called The Silver Age, and ends with four songs by Rachmaninov.

A week of specially commissioned new poems from five of the best voices in poetry today.
2: Ultrasound by Kathleen Jamie.
The Scottish poet charts her pregnancy and the birth of her first child.

BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Vassily Sinaisky , Howard Shelley (piano)
Szymanowski Symphony No 4
(Symphonie Concertante); Symphony No 2

Richard Coles reads the controversial last diaries of Christopher Isherwood and talks to their editor and Isherwood's former partner
Don Bachardy. Plus news from Paris on the opening of a new exhibition of Picasso's portraits, and a first-night review of ART: Albert Finney , Tom Courtenay and Ken Stott play three friends whose lives are turned upside down when one of them buys a piece of art. Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

With Paul Kildea.
Allegro Moderato a la Polka - Dancing "This takes me back in memory to the cheerful life of my youth, when as a composer I poured out a stream of dances".
String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life, 2nd mvt)
Minuet in B flat; Bayadere Galop Trois Polkas de Salon, Op 7 Louisa's Polka (orch Krejci)
From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
(Ma Vlast)
Repeated from last Tuesday

Steve Voce continues a week of festival jazz with the first of a two-part concert given by guitarist
Bucky Pizzarelli at this year's Brecon Jazz Festival with Dave Green (bass) and John Bunch (piano). Continues tomorrow

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Tenor Christoph Pregardien and pianist Michael Gees perform songs by Schubert
3.00 Schools
3.00 Playtime 3.15 Time to Move
3.35 Let's Make a Story 3.50 Listen and Write! 4.10 In the News 4.30
Hop, Skip and Jump 4.45 Anns a' Bhad
5.00 Sequence