With Andrew McGregor.
Chesnokov Requiem No 2 (excerpt) Father Alexei Konstantin Semenov ,
Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble, director Ludmila Arshavskaya
6.22 Bantock A Hebridean Symphony RPO, conductor Vernon Handley
7.05 Bach Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV527 The King's Consort, director Robert King
7.32 Mozart Ch'io Mi Scordi di Te?
K505
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), LSO, conductor George Szell
8.05 Couperin Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux
(Messe a I'Usage des Paroisses) Wolfgang Oehms (organ)
8.20 Gounod Symphony No 1 in D
Orchestra of St John 's, Smith Square, conductor John Lubbock
Editor Andrew Lyle

Introduced by Bishop Jack Spong. Huddersfield Choral Society Youth Choir, conductor J Bryan Hirst John Joubert Torches
Basque trad, arr Pettman The Angel Gabriel; Sing Lullaby

With Penny Gore.
Smetana Overture; Polka; Skocna
(The Bartered Bride)
VPO, conductor James Levine
9.18 Mendelssohn Six Songs without Words, Op 19 (Bk 1) Daniel Barenboim (piano)
9.33 Suk Serenade for Strings Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Producer Tony Cheevers Discs

With Piers Burton-Page . Artist of the Week:
Paul Steinitz (conductor)
Schiitz Jauchzet dem Herren
London Bach Society Chorus
10.08 Elgar Dream Children BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Jane Glover
10.17 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581
Karl Leister , Brandis Quartet
10.50 Bruckner Steiermarker
Wolfgang Brunner (piano)
10.53 Fuchs Serenade No 3 in E minor, Op 21
Berlin Radio Sinfonietta, conductor Jiri Starek
11.13 Bach Magnificat in D with Christmas Interpolations, BWV243 Shelagh Molyneux (soprano), Paul Esswood (countertenor),
Ian Partridge (tenor), John Noble (bass), London Bach Society Choir, Steinitz Bach Players
11.50 Warlock As Dew in Aprylle
Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton Producer Piers Burton-Page

Roger Nichols explores the world of Ernest Chausson (1855-99) and Henri Duparc (1848-1933), who were friends and prominent figures in fin de siècle Paris. They shared influences, teachers, passions and concerns.
Chausson Réveil
Ann Murray (mezzo), Philip Langridge (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano) Duparc L'Invitation au Voyage Maggie Teyte (mezzo), Leslie Howard (piano) Duparc Lenore
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jean-Yves Ossonce
Chausson Picue in C
Roland Pidoux (cello),
Jean-Claude Pennetier (piano) Duparc Romance de Mignon Sarah Walker (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Chausson The Tempest (excerpts) Paris Orchestra Ensemble, conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow Chausson Chanson Perpetuelle
Andree Esposito (soprano), Pierre Barbizet (piano), Parrenin Quartet Producer Svend Brown
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

From St John's, Smith
Square, London.
London Winds, Pascal Roge (piano) Barber Summer Music, Op 31 Poulenc Sextet
Ludwig Thuille Sextet, Op 6

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor Joseph Swensen , Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Beethoven Overture: Egmont
Musgrave Songs for a Winter's Evening
Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great)

lain Burnside introduces a recital in which tenor Michael Schade is accompanied by pianist David Syrus. Beethoven Adelaide, Op 46; An die
Feme Geliebte , Op 94
Schubert Adelaide; Drang in die
Feme; Schwestergruss; DerJungling an der Quelle; Der Blumenbrief Repeated from last Wednesday

In the last programme, John Surman introduces examples of baritone players active today who he finds particularly interesting. They include Americans Ronnie Cuber,
Howard Johnson and Jim Hartog , and Briton Julian Arguelles , more usually associated with the tenor sax.
Producer Derek Drescher

Christmas Music
Tommy Pearson explores the history of Christmas music.
Producer Christina Pritchard
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Natalie Wheen introduces a seasonal sequence of music, including
Michael Beesly While Shepherds Watched
Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman
6.05 Samuel Wesley Rondo on "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" Timothy Roberts (fortepiano)
6.30 Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker) Berlin Philharmonic , conductor Herbert von Karajan Producer Edward Blakeman
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Anthony Burton introduces a concert given by the Cleveland Orchestra and conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi last March in the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Ligeti Atmospheres
Wagner Prelude, Act 1: Lohengrin
Schumann Symphony No 1 in B flat (Spring)
Stravinsky The Firebird

New Women and New Men
The distinguished American academic Elaine Showalter compares women's lives at the end of the last century with those at the end of our own.
With Margaret Drabble , Fiona Shaw and Hilary Mantel.
Producer Sarah Johnson

Harpsichord music by two German contemporaries born in the same year, 1653.
Muffat Toccata in G minor
David Roblou
Pachelbel Chaconne in D
Robert Woolley
Muffat Passacaglia in G minor Malcolm Proud

Introduced by Penny Gore . Beethoven Trio of London
Haydn String Trio in G, Op 53 No 1 Taneyev String Trio in D. Op 31 Producer Nigel Wilkinson
Repeated tomorrow 2.30pm

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique mix of musical styles and influences. Producer Philip Tagney

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For Robert Simpson , symphonic music is "the supreme challenge". To celebrate the composer's 75th birthday, Stephen Johnson explores the many facets of what symphonic music means to Simpson, and arrives at a portrait of one of the great individuals in the music of the late 20th century.
1: Beginnings and Reversals String Quartet No 1 Delme Quartet Symphony No 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Repeated from last Monday

With Digby Fairweather. Guitarist Howard Alden is joined by Kenny Baker in a two-part concert of chamber jazz, recorded earlier this month at Ronnie Scott 's, Birmingham.
Producer Terry Carter. Continues tomorrow

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Bruckner Symphony No 5 in B flat Bamberg SO/Gunter Wand
2.15 A recital of violin and piano music by young Korean musicians
3.10 Swedish traditional fiddle music
3.35 Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic/ Alexander Lazarev Dvorak The
Noonday Witch Scriabin Piano
Concerto in F sharp minor Glazunov Symphony No 5 in B flat
5.00 Sequence