With Andrew McGregor.
Georg Schumann Three Motets
Purcell Singers, director Mark Ford
6.30 Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
7.05 Wagner Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Gotterdammerung) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
7.45 Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate, K165 Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo),
Vienna CO , conductor Gyorgy Fischer
8.05 Martinu Le Jazz
Lubomir Panek Singers,
Prague SO, conductor Zbynek Vostrak
8.23 Schubert Piano Sonata in D, D850
Clifford Curzon
Editor Andrew Lyle

Peter Hobday features French chamber music from the late 19th century. Debussy, orch Koechlin Khamma Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
9.22 Saint-Saens Danse Macabre
Jose van Dam (baritone),
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
9.25 Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Clifford Curzon (piano),
Vienna Philharmonic Quintet Producer Tony Cheevers Discs

Piers Burton-Page presents a week of programmes celebrating the artistry of a New Zealand-born organist, and highlighting John Cage 's gentle percussion Constructions, Italian choral virtuosity with the BBC Singers, and music by Dvorak. Artist of the Week:
Gillian Weir (organ)
De Grigny Tierce en Taille
10.06 Geminiani Concerto Grosso in D, Op 7 No I
ASMF, conductor lona Brown
10.16 Pizzetti Tre Composizioni Corali (1942-3) BBC Singers, conductor Stefan Parkman
10.26 Dvorak Suite in A, Op 98b
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Valek
10.47 Dandrieu En Cors de Chasse; Noël de Saintonge Gillian Weir (organ)
10.52 Alan Bush English Suite for Strings
Northern CO, conductor Nicholas Ward
11.17 Cage first Construction (in Metal) Les Percussions de Strasbourg
11.29 Poulenc Organ Concerto
Gillian Weir , City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
Producer Piers Burton-Page

Between about 1790 and 1830, London was the scene of rapid developments in the composition and performance of piano music. Stephanie Hughes explores the repertoire and advances in instrumental technology that made it possible.
The Instrument
Cramer Study No 1 in C Ian Hobson (piano)
Dussek Fantasia and Fugue, Op 55 Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
Busby Sonata in E, Op 1 No 4 Ian Hobson (piano)
Clementi Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 12 No 2 (3rd mvt) Vladimir Horowitz
Dussek Piano Concerto in B ffat, Op 22
Concerto Koln, director Andreas Staier (piano) Producer Bill Lloyd
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

From St John 's, Smith Square,
London. Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), Mayumi Seiler (violin), Caroline Palmer (piano)
Beethoven Horn Sonata in F, Op 17 Strauss Andante for Horn and Piano
Brahms Horn Trio in E flat, Op 40

The fourth of 13 programmes from the 1996 season at London's Royal Albert Hall features a cosmopolitan group of young players drawn from around Europe. Their concert included Strauss's dramatic portrait of a hero, Elgar's deftly drawn characterisations of his friends "pictured within", and a vast Nordic tone-picture in a symphony by Sibelius - a composer whose work Colin Davis has widely performed in recent years.

European Union Youth Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis

Strauss Don Juan

Elgar Enigma Variations

Sibelius Symphony No 2

(Repeat)

Brush Up Your Shakespeare lain Burnside introduces a selection of songs that are settings of texts by the Bard or were inspired by his writings.
Repeated from last Wednesday

Russell Davies concludes his series examining the recording career of tenor saxophonist Lester Young. 6: Fine and Mellow
Repeat

South Africa
At the start of a week of programmes from South Africa,
Caroline Swinburne investigates the musical legacy of the apartheid era and the new government's policies. Producer Caroline Swinburne
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With Natalie Wheen , who is joined after 7.00 by chanteuse Ute Lemper and conductor Robert Ziegler to discuss their performances of Berlin cabaret songs. Including
Vivaldi Concerto in A for Strings, RV159 Tafelmusik , conductor Jeanne Lamon
6.05 Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
(Annees de Pelerinage) Alfred Brendel (piano)
6.30 Puccini Crisantemi
Hagen Quartet
Producer Andrew Mussett
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From London's Stationers'
Hall, a concert broadcast across Europe which explores the relationship between English musicians and their continental colleagues. Fretwork is joined by soprano Catherine Bott , lutenist David Miller and organist Timothy Roberts. Including music by Monteverdi,
Palestrina and Lassus arranged by English composers; works by members of the Ferrabosco and Mico families; a fantasy by Coprario; a rare Italian setting by Dowland; and a fantasy by English exile Peter Phillips.
8.15 The Viol
With the help of a maker, a player and a composer, Michelene Wandor explores the character of the viol.
8.35 Concert, part 2

Five original short stories written around news events.
1: Weekend Break
By Julie Myerson.
A young English couple leave their children at home and spend a weekend in Jerusalem. At the same time, an Israeli soldier is kidnapped and his mother appears on television to plead for his life. Producer Paul Dodgson

Penny Gore introduces the second of two programmes of chamber music played by the Fibonacci Sequence. Poulenc Sonata for Two Clarinets
Mozart Quintet in E flat for Horn and Strings, K407
Poulenc Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Producer Nigel Wilkinson
Repeated tomorrow 2.30pm

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall include a studio session which teams dynamic improvisers Hession/Wilkinson/Fell with American guitarist Joe Morris. Producer Philip Tagney
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With Chris de Souza. Carl Philipp
Emanuel Bach (1714-88) and Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773). 1: Noble Simplicity
Including Quantz Trio Sonata in G,
CPE Bach Flute Concerto in D minor: Symphony in B flat, Wql82 No 2; Keyboard Fantasia No 2 in C Repeated from last Monday

Campbell Burnap begins his two-week residency with a celebration of Erroll Garner , marking 20 years since the great pianist's death. Producer Terry Carter

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Boris Belkin (violin), Swiss-Italian Orchestra/Alain Lombard
Faure Prélude: Pelleas et Melisande
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2
Schumann Symphony No 4 in D minor
3.00 Schools
3.00 Music Box 3.15 Something to Think About 3.30 The Song Tree
3.45 Stories and Rhymes 3.55 Together Stories 4.10 Singing Together 4.30 Hopscotch 4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9
5.00 Sequence