With Andrew McGregor.

Brahms String Quartet in C minor, Op 51 No 1 - Borodin Quartet

6.35 Strauss Four Symphonic Interludes (Intermezzo) - Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Andre Previn

7.05 Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV530 - The King's Consort, director Robert King

7.32 Haydn Symphony No 76 in E flat Austro-Hungarian - Haydn Orchestra, conductor Adam Fischer

8.05 du Puy Overture: Youth and Folly - Royal Danish Orchestra, conductor Johan Hye-Knudsen

8.17 Schumann Dichterliebe, Op 48 - Peter Schreier (tenor), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

Introduced by Malcolm Bruno.
Maia Singers , conductor Andrew Rees English trad The Boar's Head Carol ; This Is the Truth
Next programme tomorrow 8.50am

With Penny Gore.
Walton Facade: Suite No 2 London Philharmonic, conducted by the composer
9.10 Mendelssohn Six Songs without Words, Op 30 (Bk 2) Daniel Barenboim (piano)
9.26 Ravel Une Barque sur I'Ocean (Miroirs)
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
9.34 Mozart Tali e Cotanti Sono , K36
Gosta Winberg (tenor),
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conductor Gyorgy Fischer
9.44 Telemann Trio in C minor
(Essercizii Musici) Cologne Camerata Discs

With Piers Burton-Page . Purcell Chacony
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Bournemouth Sinfonietta, conductor Richard Studt
10.05 Artist of the Week:
Paul Steinitz (conductor)
Bach Cantata No 74: Wer Mich
Liebet, der Wird Mein Wort Halten Soloists, London Bach Society, Steinitz Bach Players
10.28 Bruckner Sonata Movement in G minor
Wolfgang Brunner (piano)
10.36 Oscar Straus Serenade in G minor for Strings, Op 35 Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta, conductor Jiri Starek
11.00 Takemitsu A Way a Lone Tokyo String Quartet
11.14 Haydn Symphony No 55 in E flat (Schoolmaster)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Matthias Bamert
11.39 Howard Carr Suite: Three
Heroes
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth
11.51 Warlock Bethlehem Down
Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton

Henri Duparc embraced the influence of Wagner in songs such as Elegie and Chanson Triste , while Chausson explored a more distant Germanic influence: Beethoven filtered through the teaching of Cesar Franck in his Concert in D for Violin, Piano and String Quartet.
Chausson Le Charme
Ninon Vallin (soprano), Pierre Darck (piano)
Duparc Serenade Florentine Francois Le Roux (baritone), Jeff Cohen (piano) Duparc Elegie
Regine Crespin (soprano), Janine Reiss (piano)
Chausson Concert in D
Jacques Thibaud (violin), Alfred Cortot (piano) with string quartet Duparc La Fuite
Francois Le Roux (baritone), Danielle Borst (soprano), Jeff Cohen (piano) Duparc Chanson Triste Maggie Teyte (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano)
Repeated Christmas Eve 11.30pm

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Guido Ajmone-Marsan , Olivier Charlier (violin)
Debussy Prélude a I'Apres-Midi d'un Faune
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D
Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)

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 from yesterday 10.00pm

A performance of Elgar's oratorio setting of words by Cardinal Newman , given in August in Worcester Cathedral as part of this year's Three Choirs Festival.
Sally Burgess (mezzo), Arthur Davies (tenor), Laurence Albert (bass),
Three Choirs Festival Chorus, BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Donald Hunt Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

Christmas Music
Tommy Pearson explores what gives music a Christmas feel.

With Linda Ormiston , including a feature on pantomime and an interview with Michael Turnbull , author of a new book on Scots soprano Mary Garden - Debussy's first Melisande. Rameau Pantomimes
Le Concert Spirituel, director Herve Niquet
6.05 Haydn Symphony No 23 in G Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood
6.36 Grieg Peer Gynt: Suite No 1 Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan
7.00 Schubert Grab und Mond
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano) Schubert Nachthelle London Schubert Chorale, conductor Stephen Layton Producer Svend Brown

From Studio 7, New
Broadcasting House.
David Golub (piano)
Beethoven Sonata in F sharp, Op 78 Schumann Humoreske in B flat, Op 20
8.15 Merseysides
David Russell assesses the impact of professional football on Liverpool's image. Have the two rival teams reflected the city's social and culural progress, or is it just a game?
8.35 Faure Theme and Variations in C sharp minor, Op 73
Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp, Op 60: Nocturne in F sharp, Op 15 No 2;
Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor. Op 31

Is Madness Still Female?
With psychoanalyst Juliet Mitchell and writers Fay Weldon and Jenny Diski. Producer Sarah Johnson

Conductor Kenneth Montgomery Tomasek Symphony No 3 in D Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus (excerpts)

As Richard Eyre 's highly successful production of Guys and Dolls is revived at the Royal National Theatre, Richard Coles discusses the dynamics of reinvigorating old productions. And the Haifa and Tel Aviv based group Bustan Avraham talk about their search to fuse Middle Eastern musical traditions and jazz. Producer Julian May

With Stephen Johnson.
2: Confronting the Classics
For many composers, the immense shadow of Beethoven has been an object of dread. "You have no idea how difficult it is with such a giant marching behind you," wrote Brahms.
Stephen Johnson introduces Robert Simpson 's most outwardly classical symphony, which boldly confronts Beethoven and in doing so enters new musical realms. The programme also includes a tiny tone poem about the life of a mosquito. String Quartet No 8 (Eretmapodites Gilletti)
Delme Quartet Symphony No 4
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Repeated from last Tuesday

Digby Fairweather introduces the second part of Howard Alden and Kenny Baker 's concert at Ronnie Scott 's in Birmingham.

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Prague RSO/Vladimir Valek Smetana Vysehrad; Vltava; Sarka
(Ma Vlast) Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World)
2.20 Ronald Turini (piano), Orford String Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in G, K387;
String Quartet in C, K465 Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44
3.15 BBC SO/Alexander Lazarev Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A Elgar Enigma Variations
5.00 Sequence