With Andrew McGregor. Sibelius Karelia Suite
Helsinki Philharmonic, conductor Leif Segerstam
6.25 Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor David Owen Norris (piano), Mistry Quartet
7.05 Bach Two-Part Inventions
Nos 10-12, BWV781-3 Andras Schiff (piano)
7.32 Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op 133
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Otto Klemperer
8.05 Liszt Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
Thomas Trotter (organ)
8.44 Satie Parade
New London Orchestra, conductor Ronald Corp

With Catriona Young.
Mozart Divertimento in D, K136
Salzburg Camerata, director Sandor Vegh
9.13 Debussy Pour les Octaves;
Pour les Huit Doigts ; Pour les Degres Chromatiques; Pour les Agréments (Etudes, Nos 5-8)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
9.25 Chabrier Larghetto Ronald Janezic (horn), Vienna Philharmonic, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
9.35 Saeverud Peer Gynt: Suite No 2 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Dmitriev
Discs

With Edward Blakeman.
Haydn Divertimento in C, H II 7 Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
10.10 Artist of the Week:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos
Katia and Marielle Labeque ,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
10.30 G Gabrieli Exaudi Me;
Magnificat
BBC Singers, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, conductor Bo Holten
11.10 Dvorak Serenade in D minor,
Op 44
Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
11.35 Elgar The Kingdom (Part 5) Yvonne Kenny (soprano),
Alfreda Hodgson (alto), Christopher Gillett (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass), London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin

4: The Best Art Comes from the North"
Penelope Thwaites explores Grainger's reverence for Scandinavian culture in conversation with Andrew Lyle.
Today's music includes The Merry Wedding and Father and Daughter from a new recording conducted by John Eliot Gardiner ;
Penelope Thwaites playing Bridal Lullaby and Jutish Melody ; and To a Nordic
Princess performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Hopkins.
Repeated next Thursday at 11.30pm

In the last of the series on the art of bel canto, Patrick O'Connor is joined by tenor Dennis O'Neill , whose choice of recordings includes Maria Callas , Rosa Ponselle , Alfredo Kraus , Edita Gruberova and Ugo Benelli. Repeat

Two pieces for string ensemble by teenage prodigies Mozart and Mendelssohn are contrasted with one of Mozart's mature masterpieces in this concert given in Bath's
18th-century Assembly Rooms last year. Endellion Quartet,
Marcia Crayford and Louise Williams (violins), Bruno Giuranna (viola), Richard Lester (cello)
Mozart Quintet in B flat, K174; Quintet in G minor, K516
Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op 20

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor Osmo Vanska,
Mats Lidstrom (cello)
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn (St Antoni Chorale) Sibelius Symphony No 6
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor

Putting Composers in Their Place
Today's journey tracing the life of John Ireland starts in Chelsea. Then Verity Sharp visits the musician's church in Holborn to take a look at his memorial window, but a musical distraction means a detour round Burnham
Beeches Park.

Presented from Birmingham by Humphrey Carpenter , whose guest after 7.00 is the conductor
Nicholas Kraemer.
Schumann Fantasy in C, Op 131 Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Philharmonia, conductor Christoph Eschenbach
6.05 Bach Prelude and Fugue in D sharp minor ("Well-tempered Clavier", Bk 2)
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
6.30 Chabrier Espana
Vienna Philharmonic, conductor
John Eliot Gardiner.
Producer Jeremy Hayes

From the Royal Festival Hall, London. Mahler's cataclvsmic
Sixth Symphony is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra with their new principal guest conductor
Jiri Belohlavek. Written on a vast scale, for massive orchestral forces, this is the only one of Mahler's symphonies or song cycles in which death triumphs over life. The composer himself described the last movement, with its hammer blows, as "the hero, on whom fall three blows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree is felled".
Mahler Symphony No 6
ARABIC SEASON

Five programmes about contemporary Egyptian poetry.
4: Reaching the People
Mohammed Suleiman is a pharmacist as well as a poet. He hopes to do good in both professions.
Fatimah Qandeel , a generation younger, wants her poetry to have the power and immediacy of the cinema. Translations read by Nicholas Boulton , Jane Whittenshaw and Keith Drinkel.

The young German pianist Beatrice Berthold makes her Radio 3 debut.
Scarlatti Sonatas: in C, K159: in D minor, K64; in G, K146
Villa-Lobos Ciclo Brasilieiro

Andrew Manze introduces a special programme marking the 50th anniversary of the London Bach
Society. The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, is directed by Timothy Brown in motets by three members of the Bach family.
Johann Ludwig Bach Unsere Trubsal Johann Bach Unser Leben 1st ein
Schatten
Johann Christoph Bach Der Gerechte, ob Er Gleich zu Zeitig Stirbt ; Furchte Dich Nicht; Lieber Herr Gott , Wecke
Uns auf; Es 1st Nun aus
Johann Ludwig Bach Das 1st Meine Freude
Producer Lindsay Kemp
Repeated tomorrow at 2.15pm

If You Go down to the Woods
Patrick Wright considers the place of trees in the psyche of the nation, explores their importance to artists and, as more and more people turn to trees to make their living, he investigates the resurgence of old forestry techniques and woodland crafts - coppicing, chair-bodging with pole lathes, and charcoal burning. Producer Julian May

Brothers and Sisters
For both composers, the community of the church is as vital as its teaching. Hildegard of Bingen 0 Lucidissima Apostolorum Sequentia
Part Fratres
Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Silouan's Song
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tonu Kaliguste
Hildegard of Bingen 0 Rubor Sanguinis Sinfonye
Part Passio (John 19, w 1-15)
Hilliard Ensemble , director Paul Hillier
Hildegard of Bingen Rex Noster Promptus Est; Nunc Gaudeant Materna
Sequentia
Repeated from last Thursday

With Digby Fairweather. Clifford Brown died tragically early, in his 26th year, but his records are still treasured.

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Choral Evensong from Chester Cathedral
Repeated from yesterday 4.00pm
2.00 Till Fellner (piano)
Mozart Adagio in B minor, K540;
Suite in C, K399; Sonata in A minor, K310
3.00 Schools
3.00 Music Workshop 3.20 Let's Move 3.40 Words Alive 3.55 First
Steps in Drama 4.10 Drama
Workshop 4.30 Infant History 4.40 Standard Grade English
5.00 Sequence