With Richard Osborne.
Gade Suite: Holbergiana
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic, conductor Ole Schmidt
7.24 Schumann Piano Trio No 2 in F, Op 80
Grieg Trio
7.53 Wolf Nein, Junger Hen ;
Hoffartig Seid Ihr , Schones Kind; Du Sagst Mir, Dass Ich Keine Furstin Sei (Italian Songbook)
Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Olaf Bar (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
7.57 Nielsen Violin Concerto
Maxim Vengerov ,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
8.35 Grieg Holberg Suite Helsinki Strings, conductor Csaba Szilvay

Graham Sadler compares available recordings of Bach's French Suites. Roderick Swanston and Rodney Milnes discuss recent operatic releases, including Mozart's Don Giovanni from Charles Mackerras , Rossini's Tancredi, Weber's Der Freischutz, and Verdi's Don Carlos performed in French with previously unrecorded material. Revised repeat tomorrow 11.45pm

Mozart Don Giovanni (Act 2, Sextet)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
10.24 Rossini Tancredi (Act 1, excerpt)
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Roberto Abbado
11.14 Weber Der Freischutz (Wolf's Glen Scene)
Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
11.35 Verdi Don Carlos (Act 5)
Châtelet Theatre Choir, Paris Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano
Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert Discs
E-MAIL: record.review@bbc.co.uk

Michael Berkeley is joined by stage and screen actress Eleanor Bron.
Her choices include pianist Pascal Roge playing Poulenc,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing Schubert,
Respighl's Pines of Rome, Bartok's dark-hued masterpiece Bluebeard's Castle, and Utter Chaos played by Gerry Mulligan and his band.
Executive producer Wendy Thompson

Alfred Deller
The last of three programmes presented by Richard Wigmore exploring the life of pioneering countertenor Alfred Deller , who had changed the musical landscape for ever by the time of his death in 1979. With contributions from Deller's son
Mark, members of the Deller Consort , Sir Peter Pears , record producer
Seymour Solomon , lutenist Robert Spencer and countertenors
James Bowman and Paul Esswood. Including English folk songs and excerpts from: Purcell Dioclesian; King Arthur; The Fairy Queen
Handel Orlando; Sosarme; Theodora Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Dowland Three Lute Songs Discs Repeat

Roger Coull and Philip Gallaway (violins), David Curtis (viola), John Todd (cello)
Haydn String Quartet in C, Op 33 No 3 (Bird) Repeat

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor George Hurst , Stephanie Gonley (violin)
Tippett Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
Beethoven Symphony No 4 in B flat

Geoffrey Smith introduces jazz tracks chosen by Radio 3 listeners across the country.
Producer Alan Hall Discs
ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House. London W1A 4WW
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Weekly magazine in which
Ivan Hewett and guests explore current issues in the musical world. Today, a look at whether creativity and disease go hand in hand. Plus folk traditions in music: are they being progressively destroyed? Producer Anthony Sellors
Repeated tomorrow 12.15pm

Bemd Alois Zimmermann 's opera, one of the most important of the postwar period, receives its first
British production at English National Opera. Based on a play by Jakob Lenz , it tells of the descent into prostitution and poverty of Marie, a respectable merchant's daughter, and is a parable of a society destroyed by militarism. It makes extravagant use of massive forces - a huge orchestra, singers, dancers and actors - and uses Gregorian chant, jazz, Bach chorales, and popular music. Zimmermann combines these elements - sometimes overlaying scenes in the past, the present and the future - to give a harrowing portrayal of one woman's downfall. Introduced by Natalie Wheen , who also talks to members of the cast and production team. Sung in English.
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Elgar Howarth

The young Dutch violin and piano due Isabelle van Keulen and Brautigam have been playing together regularly for more than four years, In 1984, Isabelle van Keulen won the first prize in the Eurovision Young Musician of the Year competition and Ronald Brautigam was awarded the Dutch Music Prize.
Recent engagements for this duo have included recitals at the Schauspielhaus, Berlin; Philharmonie, Cologne; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and De Singel , Antwerp.
Mendelssohn Violin Sonata in F minor, Op 4
Schumann Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor, Op 105
Clara Schumann Three Romances,
Op 22
Brahms Violin Sonata No 1 in G, Op 78 Repeat

Kevin Jackson presents the magazine about books. This week, he examines how contemporary literature has attempted to come to terms with the century's experience of cities. Valerie Cunningham explores how hats have been treated in world literature.

Julius Hemphill , who died last year aged 55, was not only a talented saxophonist and co-founder of the World Saxophone Quartet, but also a considerable composer. A selection of his music was played by the Creative Jazz Orchestra at a festival concert given on the South Bank in the Purcell Room. They were joined by three American musicians: guitarist Bill Frisell , saxophonist Tim Berne and multi-instrumentalist
Marty Ehrlich. The Orchestra's line-up also includes many top British musicians, such as trumpeter Henry Lowther , saxophonists Evan Parker , lain Dixon and Julian Arguelles , guitarist Mike Walker and drummer
Steve Arguelles. The recording of the concert is introduced by Alyn Shipton who, during the interval, talks to
Marty Ehrlich about his career, which included playing with Julius Hemphill. Producer Derek Drescher

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Jazz from Nuremburg Tomasz Stanko Quartet, Jiri Stivin Quartet,
Joachim Kuhn Band
4.00 Stella Doufexis (mezzo),
Claudia Barainsky (soprano), Alexei Lubimov (piano), Arvid Gast (organ), Ernst Senff Choir , German Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy Debussy Prélude a I'Apr&s-Midi d'un Faune Ravel
ShShfrazade Scrlabln Mysterium
5.30 Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
6.00 Sequence